"This riveting, nuanced book takes seriously the workplace
radicalism of many early twentieth century American workers. The
restriction of working class militancy to the workplace, it shows,
was no mere economism. Organizational rather than psychological in
orientation, "Battling For American Labor accounts for both the
early preference of dockworkers in Philadelphia and hotel and
restaurant workers in New York for the IWW rather than the AFL and
for the reversal of this choice in the 1920s. In so doing, it
points the way to a fresh reading of American labor history."--Ira
Katznelson, Columbia University
"Howard Kimeldorf's book, based on sound and solid historical
research in archives, newspapers, journals, memoirs and oral
histories, argues that workers in the United States, regardless of
their precise union affiliation, harbored syndicalist tendencies
which manifested themselves in direct action on the job. Because
Kimeldorf's book reinterprets much of the history of the labor
movement in the United States, it will surely generate much
controversy among scholars and capture the attention of
readers."--Melvyn Dubofsky, Binghamton University, SUNY
"Howard Kimeldorf's new book is a very exciting accomplishment.
This book will surely leave a major imprint on labor history and
the sociology of labor. Kimeldorf's focus on repertoires of
collective action and practice instead of ideology is a
particularly important contribution; one that will force students
of labor to rethink many worn-out arguments. After reading
"Battling For American Labor, one will no longer be able to assume
the IWW's defeat was inevitable, or take seriously psychological
theories of worker consciousness."--DavidWellman, author of "The
Union Makes Us Strong
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