Dynamite: The Story of Class Violence in America, 1830-1930 Contributor(s): Adamic, Louis (Author), Davis, Mike (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 1904859747 ISBN-13: 9781904859741 Publisher: AK Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2008 Annotation: Labor disputes have produced more violence over a longer period of time in the United States than in any other industrialized country in the world. From the 1890s to the 1930s, hardly a year passed without a serious-and often deadly-clash between workers and management. Written in the 1930s, and with a new introduction by Mike Davis, "Dynamite" recounts a fascinating and largely forgotten history of class and labor struggle in America's industrial beginnings. It is the story of brutal exploitation, massacres, and judicial murders of the workers. It is also the story of their response: when peaceful strikes yielded no results, workers fought back by any means necessary. Louis Adamic has written the classic story of labor conflict in America, detailing many episodes of labor violence, including the Molly Maguires, the Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Colorado Labor Wars, the "Los Angeles Times" bombing, as well as the case of Sacco and Vanzetti. Louis Adamic emigrated from Slovenia when he was fifteen years old and quickly joined the American labor force. The author of eleven books, he is now recognized as a great figure in early twentieth-century American literature. He was found shot to death in a burning farmhouse in 1954. A former meat-cutter and long-distance truck driver, Mike Davis teaches urban theory and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. He is the author of "Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb" and "City of Quartz," He lives in San Diego. |
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BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - 20th Century - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
Dewey: 331.893 |
LCCN: 2007939200 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" L (1.05 lbs) 380 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: Dynamite harkens back to an era of American capitalism a little less glossy, a little bloodier, and with striking parallels to today.--Feminist Review Labor disputes have produced more violence over a longer period of time in the United States than in any other industrialized country in the world. From the 1890s to the 1930s, hardly a year passed without a serious--and often deadly--clash between workers and management. Written in the 1930s, and with a new introduction by Mike Davis, Dynamite recounts a fascinating and largely forgotten history of class and labor struggle in America's industrial beginnings. It is the story of brutal exploitation, massacres, and judicial murders of the workers. It is also the story of their response: when peaceful strikes yielded no results, workers fought back by any means necessary. Louis Adamic has written the classic story of labor conflict in America, detailing many episodes of labor violence, including the Molly Maguires, the Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Colorado Labor Wars, the Los Angeles Times bombing, as well as the case of Sacco and Vanzetti. Louis Adamic emigrated from Slovenia when he was fifteen years old and quickly joined the American labor force. The author of eleven books, he is now recognized as a great figure in early twentieth-century American literature. He was found shot to death in a burning farmhouse in 1954. Introduction by Jon Bekken, co-author of The Industrial Workers of the World: Its First Hundred Years, 1905-2005 and co-editor of Anarcho-Syndicalist Review. |
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