Pre-Owned American Labor on Stage: Dramatic Interpretations of the Steel and Textile Industries in the 1930s Hardcover 0313298610 9780313298615 from other stores

  • This study reclaims a lost body of theatrical work by focusing on four labor p... This study reclaims a lost body of theatrical work by focusing on four labor plays of the 1930s. These works dramatize union organizing efforts in American industry using documentary detail in the dialogue and plot. To date little attention has been... more
  • This study reclaims a lost body of theatrical work by focusing on four labor p... This study reclaims a lost body of theatrical work by focusing on four labor plays of the 1930s. These works dramatize union organizing efforts in American industry using documentary detail in the dialogue and plot. To date little attention has been... more
  • My curiosity and concern about the working class in America stems from childho... My curiosity and concern about the working class in America stems from childhood memories of my father a cabinetmaker and of my oldest brother an autoworker who were passionately involved in the labor movement. Perhaps because they so wanted the... more
  • On July 6 1892 three hundred armed Pinkerton agents arrived in Homestead Penns... On July 6 1892 three hundred armed Pinkerton agents arrived in Homestead Pennsylvania to retake the Carnegie Steelworks from the company s striking workers. As the agents tried to leave their boats shots rang out and a violent skirmish began. The... more
  • 9780252076275. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. ... 9780252076275. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 304. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white Tables black & white. Working Class in American History. On the Ground charts... more
  • Any account of Wells Fargo & Company involves a history of the more dramatic a... Any account of Wells Fargo & Company involves a history of the more dramatic aspects of the Old West. From 1852 to 1918 the company s operations bisected almost all social cultural and economic activities in the Trans-Mississippi West and were... more
  • The Ethiopian textile industry is particularly affected by high labor turnover... The Ethiopian textile industry is particularly affected by high labor turnover. In a compelling social study Michaela Fink investigates the causes of this issue focusing primarily on the voices of the (female) workforce. She illustrates the tension... more
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  • CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition... CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting / underlining... more
  • An illuminating collection of candid interviews and photographs with workers i... An illuminating collection of candid interviews and photographs with workers in America s burgeoning security state. In a world increasingly under surveillance this cutting-edge documentary collaboration turns the camera on the ever-expanding... more
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  • This new edition has a thoroughly updated variety of issues examples and new d... This new edition has a thoroughly updated variety of issues examples and new developments including government bailouts of the airline industry; regulation of biotechnology; the fiasco of recent electricity deregulation; and mergers and... more
  • Any account of Wells Fargo & Company involves a history of the more dramatic a... Any account of Wells Fargo & Company involves a history of the more dramatic aspects of the Old West. From 1852 to 1918 the company s operations bisected almost all social cultural and economic activities in the Trans-Mississippi West and were... more
  • John Hinshaw is Assistant Professor of History at Lebanon Valley College. He i... John Hinshaw is Assistant Professor of History at Lebanon Valley College. He is the coeditor with Paul LeBlanc of U.S. Labor in the Twentieth Century: Studies in Working-Class Struggles and Insurgency and with Peter Stearns of ABC-CLIO World History... more
  • CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condit... CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting /... more
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