The Industrial Workers of the World, 1905-1917

by Philip S. Foner

History of the Labor movement in the United States / Philip S. Foner (4)

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Labor and the Red Scare; Seattle and Winnipeg general strikes; Boston telephone and police strikes; Streetcar strikes in Chicago, Denver, Knoxville, Kansas City; strikes in clothing, textile, coal and steel; The open-shop drive; Strikes and Black-white relationships; the AFL and the Black worker; the IWW; Communist Party founded; Political action 1918-1920.

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Philip S. Foner (1910-1994) was a prolific people's historian whose many works include Organized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619-1981, The Black Panthers Speak, Clara Zetkin: Selected Writings, and The Letters of Joe Hill, all published in new editions by Haymarket Books.

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The Industrial Workers of the World, 1905-1917
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Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Economics
DDC/MDS
331.880973Society, government, & cultureEconomicsLabor economicsLabor unions, labor-management bargaining and disputesLabor unions (Trade unions)Standard subdivisionsHistory, geographic treatment, biographyNorth AmericaUnited States
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HD6508 .F57Social sciencesIndustries. Land use. LaborIndustries. Land use. LaborLabor. Work. Working classTrade unions. Labor unions. Workers'

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