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Bezig met laden... The Long Deep Grudge: A Story of Big Capital, Radical Labor, and Class War in the American Heartlanddoor Toni Gilpin
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Excellent. Picked up on a lark from the publisher during a sale. Terrific history of organizing a specific manufacturer, and the rise and fall of the US Labor movement overall. Covers the industrialization of manufacturing from the McCormick reaper through the Haymarket Riots to International Harvester. Also good on HUAC, the corporatization of company boardrooms, and IH's inglorious bust in the 1980s. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
History.
Politics.
Sociology.
Nonfiction.
HTML: "The definitive history of an important but largely forgotten labor organization and its heroic struggles with an icon of industrial capitalism." —Ahmed A. White, author of The Last Great Strike Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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It's so carefully done and just really revs me up and makes me excited for the possibilities of radical politics in unionizing and what is possible--it gives an image of the world outside of a UAW style of long contracts that management chips away at over time, and is so powerful to see the FE workers support one another's grievances again and again and again. Just so good, definitely check it out.
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Reread April 2021: Just as good if not better the second time! Gilpin just tells the story of the union so well and with so much care and attention to detail without losing the larger story. Absolutely still five stars; I bought a copy so I could annotate it and distribute it among friends, that's how much I loved it the first time and still love it. It really has shaped the way I understand union contracts, and I think it's just such a good introduction to good labor history. If you can get a hold of it, please check it out. It's just so good and a story told so well. ( )