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.
General
| Imprint: |
Ak Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
March 2009 |
| First published: |
August 2009 |
| Authors: |
Louis Adamic
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
351 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-904859-74-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-904859-74-7 |
| Barcode: |
9781904859741 |
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