The Triangle fire / by Leon Stein ; foreword by Michael Hirsch ; introduction by William Greider.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein, Leon, 1912-1990.

Contributor:

Greider, William.

Hirsch, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Fire, 1911.

Triangle Shirtwaist Company.

Clothing trade--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Clothing trade.

Strikes and lockouts--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Strikes and lockouts.

Fires--New York (State)--New York--20th century.

Fires.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

Centennial ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"On March 25, 1911, 146 employees of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City were killed in the span of a few minutes because no provision had been made for their safety in the event of fire. The Cornell edition of Leon Stein's 1962 account features 16 illustrations, some never before published. A new introduction by the journalist William Greider makes clear that accounts of dangerous workplaces and sweatshop conditions are still all-too-relevant today, ninety years after the fire. The story of the catastrophe and the doomed Triangle Shirtwaist workers, as told by one of the great labor journalists, will not soon be forgotten. Praise for the 1962 edition? "Stein ... recreate[s] the tragic events of the fire in all their dramatic intensity. His moving account is a work of dedication."?New York Times Book Review"With commendable restraint, [Stein] uses newspapers, official documents, and the evidence of survivors to unfold a story made more harrowing by the unemotional simplicity of its narration."?Library Journal"Stein ... suggests that the fire alerted the public to shocking working conditions all over the city and helped the unions organize the clothing industry, but his good taste keeps him from selling the reader any silver lining. A by-product of the careful research that has gone into this excellent narrative is an interesting sketch of the hard lives and times of working girls in the days when the business of America was business."-- New Yorker.

Contents:

1. Fire 11

2. Trap 22

3. Eighth 30

4. Tenth 43

5. Ninth 51

6. Escape 67

7. Night 73

8. Day 89

9. Morgue 95

10. Guilt 113

11. Help 122

12. Protest 134

13. Dirge 147

14. Shirtwaist 158

15. Protection 169

16. Justice 177

17. Phoenix 204

18. Fire 213.

Notes:

First published in 1962 by J.B. Lippincott.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-8014-6251-7

OCLC:

898755624