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Industrial Valley (Literature of American Labor)
Ruth McKenney
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Description for Industrial Valley (Literature of American Labor)
Paperback. Series: Literature of American Labor. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; FHP; HBJK; HBLW; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Ruth McKenney's compelling novel of class and industrial conflict in Akron, Ohio, first appeared in 1939 and was widely acclaimed. McKenney was a capable journalist who had spent a year and a half in Akron, the heart of the tire industry, a city that she said smells like a rubber band smoldering in an ashtray. Industrial Valley vividly portrays an industrial city crippled by the country's economic failures and also provides a stirring example of fiction predicated on social and political principles. It will intrigue readers for its contemporary as well as its historical implications. The images McKenney ... Read more
Ruth McKenney's compelling novel of class and industrial conflict in Akron, Ohio, first appeared in 1939 and was widely acclaimed. McKenney was a capable journalist who had spent a year and a half in Akron, the heart of the tire industry, a city that she said smells like a rubber band smoldering in an ashtray. Industrial Valley vividly portrays an industrial city crippled by the country's economic failures and also provides a stirring example of fiction predicated on social and political principles. It will intrigue readers for its contemporary as well as its historical implications. The images McKenney ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
ILR Press
Condition
New
Series
Literature of American Labor
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780875461830
SKU
V9780875461830
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Industrial Valley (Literature of American Labor)
Vividly portrays an industrial city crippled by the country's economic failures and also provides a stirring example of fiction predicated on social and political principles.
Midwest Book Review
For sheer dramatic excitement, for effective organization as a story, there isn't one among all the strike novels to match this essentially true story.
New York ... Read more
Midwest Book Review
For sheer dramatic excitement, for effective organization as a story, there isn't one among all the strike novels to match this essentially true story.
New York ... Read more