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![]() The Labor Wars
Lens, Sidney
Publisher: Anchor Books, New York, USAYear First Published: {16602 The Labor Wars LABOUR WARS Lens, Sidney Anchor Books New York USA A survey of landmark events in the U.S. labour movement. 1973 1974 428pp BC16602s-LaborWars.jpg B Book 0-385-00500-8 Describes landmark events in the rise of the American labour movement, battles that were fought against police forces, government and the legal system. Among these is the 1930s sitdown strike against General Motors that resulted in victory for the workers. Often these events were violent as with the execution of the "Molly Maguires" in the Pennsylvania coal field during the 18th century. Some even erupted in open warfare such as with the violent confrontation of the Homestead strike of 1892. Also describes factions and disagreements within the American labour movement as well as some of its major figures such as Eugene Debs, Samuel Gompers, William Z. Foster , Bill Haywood , John L. Lewis , and Walter Reuther. <br> <br>Lens is also concerned with the future of the labour movement and values a time when protest movements had a connection with those of the past. A time when they traced their ideas back to figures such as Marx, Lenin, Tom Paine and Bill Haywood and their traditions back to the Paris Commune and the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917. <br> <br>[Abstract by Laila Mushawar] <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents <br> <br>Preface <br>1. A Tale of Six Decades <br>2. The Molly Maguires <br>3. Two Weeks of Insurrection <br>4. The Bomb at Haymarket <br>5. Naval War at Homestead <br>6. The Debs Revolution <br>7. War in the Rockies <br>8. Halfway House <br>9. The Wobblies <br>10. Bread and Roses <br>11. First Round in Mass Production <br>12. The Lean Years <br>13. Impending Victory <br>14. Clearing the Cobwebs <br>15. Sitdown! Sitdown! <br>16. The Ides of Yesterday and Tomorrow <br> <br>Bibliography <br>Index CX7488 1 false true false CX7488.htm [0xc0002338f0 0xc000233d10 0xc00006ccf0 0xc0000c1650 0xc0001e9380 0xc000b48d50 0xc000e1eb10 0xc00027f650 0xc0008a8360 0xc000904270 0xc0009926c0 0xc0009b6f30 0xc0010b4ff0 0xc0012cd3e0 0xc001d57b30 0xc00104c090 0xc0010f36b0 0xc001160150 0xc0011c9260 0xc002039c80 0xc00207e5d0 0xc0020e5620 0xc0021e6cc0 0xc00275d770 0xc002770570 0xc002ac30b0 0xc0023c6d80 0xc0023e7890] Cx} Year Published: 1974 Pages: 428pp ISBN: 0-385-00500-8 Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX7488 A survey of landmark events in the U.S. labour movement. Abstract: Describes landmark events in the rise of the American labour movement, battles that were fought against police forces, government and the legal system. Among these is the 1930s sitdown strike against General Motors that resulted in victory for the workers. Often these events were violent as with the execution of the "Molly Maguires" in the Pennsylvania coal field during the 18th century. Some even erupted in open warfare such as with the violent confrontation of the Homestead strike of 1892. Also describes factions and disagreements within the American labour movement as well as some of its major figures such as Eugene Debs, Samuel Gompers, William Z. Foster , Bill Haywood , John L. Lewis , and Walter Reuther. Lens is also concerned with the future of the labour movement and values a time when protest movements had a connection with those of the past. A time when they traced their ideas back to figures such as Marx, Lenin, Tom Paine and Bill Haywood and their traditions back to the Paris Commune and the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917. [Abstract by Laila Mushawar] Table of Contents Preface 1. A Tale of Six Decades 2. The Molly Maguires 3. Two Weeks of Insurrection 4. The Bomb at Haymarket 5. Naval War at Homestead 6. The Debs Revolution 7. War in the Rockies 8. Halfway House 9. The Wobblies 10. Bread and Roses 11. First Round in Mass Production 12. The Lean Years 13. Impending Victory 14. Clearing the Cobwebs 15. Sitdown! Sitdown! 16. The Ides of Yesterday and Tomorrow Bibliography Index Subject Headings
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