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Spirit Of Labor
Hapgood, Hutchins. Ed(S): Barrett, James R.
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Description for Spirit Of Labor
Paperback. A compelling account of working-class life and politics that make up American Labor history. Editor(s): Barrett, James R. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: JPF; K. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4852 x 3226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
This non-fiction narrative is an entertaining look at labor struggles, anarchist politics, and proletarian culture in Chicago, the heart of the radical labor movement in the turn-of-the-century United States. Through the story of its central character, anarchist carpenter Anton Johannsen, The Spirit of Labor pulls the reader into a vibrant, gritty world inhabited by unionists and scabs, anarchists and socialists, hoboes and tramps, radical reformers, shady politicians and corrupt policemen, workers equipped with "ready fists and honest souls" and by business leaders bent on crushing the city's militant labor movement.
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This non-fiction narrative is an entertaining look at labor struggles, anarchist politics, and proletarian culture in Chicago, the heart of the radical labor movement in the turn-of-the-century United States. Through the story of its central character, anarchist carpenter Anton Johannsen, The Spirit of Labor pulls the reader into a vibrant, gritty world inhabited by unionists and scabs, anarchists and socialists, hoboes and tramps, radical reformers, shady politicians and corrupt policemen, workers equipped with "ready fists and honest souls" and by business leaders bent on crushing the city's militant labor movement.
The book also reflects the uncomfortable fit ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
Number of Pages
410
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252071874
SKU
V9780252071874
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
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