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Wobblies on the waterfront : interracial unionism in progressive-era Philadelphia Peter Cole
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HD 8055 .I5 C63 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cole, Peter, 1969-
- Series:
- Working class in American history
- The working class in American history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial Workers of the World--History.
- Industrial Workers of the World.
- Stevedores--Labor unions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.
- Stevedores.
- Labor unions--Social aspects--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.
- Labor unions.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations--History.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Physical Description:
- x, 227 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2007.
- Contents:
- Introduction : in search of Local 8
- Philadelphia : "the workshop of the world"
- Wobblies take the docks
- There is power in a union
- War on the waterfront
- Onward one big union?
- Riding the wave of postwar militancy : the 1920 strike
- The Philadelphia controversy
- Quakertown blues : the lockout of 1922
- Conclusion : towards radical egalitarianism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-221) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780252031861 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0252031865 (cloth : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 82287159
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Book review (H-Net)
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