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Strike! : twenty days in 1970 when Minneapolis teachers broke the law / William D. Green.
Van Pelt Library LB2844.57.U62 M563 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Green, William D. (William Davis), 1950- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Strikes and lockouts--Teachers--Minnesota--Minneapolis--History--20th century.
- Strikes and lockouts.
- Collective bargaining--Teachers--Minnesota--Minneapolis--History--20th century.
- Collective bargaining.
- Education and state--Minnesota--Minneapolis--History--20th century.
- Education and state.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 207 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- illustration
- Other Title:
- Twenty days in 1970 when Minneapolis teachers broke the law
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- "This book recreates twenty days in April 1970 when a then-illegal strike by Minneapolis's public school teachers marked a singular moment of cultural upheaval-and forever changed the city's politics, labor law, educational climate, and the right to collective bargaining"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: in the glare of the president's eyes
- The gathering of the 1025 Club at Fiftieth and Nicollet
- Alone on a very dangerous path: the legacy
- A plan of action
- "Three weeks in the bitter cold"
- A question of being
- The split within
- Political capital
- No torch, no gun: a delicate state
- Waiting for the shadows to disappear
- No alternatives
- "It's a stinking law!"
- Epilogue: a new day.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version Green, William D. (William Davis), 1950- Strike!
- ISBN:
- 9781517912956
- 1517912954
- OCLC:
- 1590767056
- Publisher Number:
- 90105059075
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