Skip to content
Catalog
You are not logged in |Login  
Request Add to My Lists Add to Bag MARC Display More Information
     
Limit search to available items
Previous Record Next Record
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Loomis, Erik, author.

Title A history of America in ten strikes / Erik Loomis.

Publication Info. New York, NY : The New Press, 2018.
©2018

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  331.892 LOOMIS    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  331.892 LOOMIS    In Transit
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  331.892 LOO    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  331.892 LOOMIS    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  331.8929 LOOMIS    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - New Materials  331.892 LOOMIS    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  331.89 LOOMIS    Check Shelf
Description 301 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-289) and index.
Contents Introduction : Strikes and American history. -- 1. Lowell Mill Girls and the development of American capitalism -- 2. Slaves on strike -- 3. The eight-hour-day strikes -- 4. The Anthracite Strike and the progressive state -- 5. The Bread and Roses Strike -- 6. The Flint Sit-Down Strike and the New Deal -- 7. The Oakland General Strike and Cold War America -- 8. Lordstown and workers in a rebellious age -- 9. Air traffic controllers and the new assault on unions -- 10. Justice for Janitors and immigrant unionism. -- Conclusion: Take back power -- Appendix: 150 major events in U.S. labor history.
Summary Describes ten critical worker's strikes in American labor history, including the Lowell Mill Girls strike, the Bread and Roses strike, and the Justice for Janitors strike.
Loomis describes ten critical worker's strikes in American labor history, showing how these labor uprisings do not just reflect the times in which they occurred but speak directly to the present moment. The result is a fresh perspective on the present perilous condition of American workers, as well as a fresh perspective on American history.-- adapted from jacket
Subject Strikes and lockouts -- United States -- History.
Labor disputes -- United States -- History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor.
HISTORY / United States.
LAW / Labor & Employment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.
Labor disputes. (OCoLC)fst00989929
Strikes and lockouts. (OCoLC)fst01135030
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
History.
Added Title History of America in 10 strikes
ISBN 9781620971611 (hardcover alkaline paper)
1620971615 (hardcover alkaline paper)
9781620976272 (paperback)
1620976277 (paperback)
-->
Permanent Link
Add a Review

 

Library Links

Encore

Search Tools

Language Settings

English
Español