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27%OFFPaul Mason - Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global - 9780099492887 - V9780099492887
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Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global

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Description for Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global Paperback. Globalisation has created a whole new working class - and they are reliving stories that were first played out a century ago. This title tells the story of this working class alongside the history of the global labour movement, from its formation in the factories of the 1800s through its near destruction by fascism in the 1930s. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16. BIC Classification: HBTK; JFFS; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.

Globalisation has created a whole new working class - and they are reliving stories that were first played out a century ago. In Live Working or Die Fighting, Paul Mason tells the story of this new working class alongside the epic history of the global labour movement, from its formation in the factories of the 1800s through its near destruction by fascism in the 1930s and up to today's anti-globalisation movement.

Blending exhilarating historical narrative with reportage from today's front line, he links the lives of 19th-century factory girls with the lives of teenagers in a giant Chinese mobile ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099492887
SKU
V9780099492887
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Paul Mason
Paul Mason was born in 1960 in Leigh, Greater Manchester. He is BBC Newsnight's business and industry correspondent. He won the 2003 Wincott Award for business journalism and was named Workworld Broadcast Journalist of the Year in 2004 . He lives in London.

Reviews for Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global
Vividly accessible... required reading for the Seattle brigade
Guardian
Mason, using an impressive range of primary sources, recounts nine of the great stories of working-class revolts
Irish Times
This book tells stories of our past that are indispensable to understanding the present. it is a good answer to all who ask where the working class has ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global


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