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Soapbox Rebellion
May, Dr Matthew S, Ph D
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Description for Soapbox Rebellion
hardcover. Soapbox Rebellion, a new critical history of the free speech fights of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), illustrates how the lively and colorful soapbox culture of the Wobblies generated novel forms of class struggle." Num Pages: 188 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
Soapbox Rebellion, a new critical history of the free speech fights of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), illustrates how the lively and colourful soapbox culture of the “Wobblies” generated novel forms of class struggle.
From 1909 to 1916, thousands of IWW members engaged in dozens of fights for freedom of speech throughout the American West. The volatile spread and circulation of hobo agitation during these fights amounted to nothing less than a soapbox rebellion in which public speech became the principal site of the struggle of the few to exploit the many. While the fights were ... Read more
Soapbox Rebellion, a new critical history of the free speech fights of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), illustrates how the lively and colourful soapbox culture of the “Wobblies” generated novel forms of class struggle.
From 1909 to 1916, thousands of IWW members engaged in dozens of fights for freedom of speech throughout the American West. The volatile spread and circulation of hobo agitation during these fights amounted to nothing less than a soapbox rebellion in which public speech became the principal site of the struggle of the few to exploit the many. While the fights were ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817318062
SKU
V9780817318062
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99-15
About May, Dr Matthew S, Ph D
Matthew S. May is an assistant professor of Rhetoric in the Department of Communication Studies at North Carolina State University, USA. His articles have appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, and the Journal of Communication Inquiry.
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