The Wobblies: The Story of the IWW and Syndicalism in the United States
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (837 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1566632730 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sound familiar 100 years later? A well documented book, that is slow going at the start,but gives adecent report on the IWW. I think the author was a little weak on the genesis of the union, but he gives a good feeling for the times in the blow-by-blow actions by and against the IWW. The book was written in the late 1960's,but really has a conservative edge more like you'd read about the 1950's. A good primer on the IWW--it got me interested in finding out more!. The definitive book on the Wobblies A great book for readers interested in labor, social, and radical history. This book is excellent in revealing the clash between socialists, anarchists, communists, and industrial unionists. The IWW was the home of American radicals from 1905-1930. From Eugene V. Debs of the Socialist Party of America & the American Railway Union to Daniel DeLeon of the Socialist Labor Party & the Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance, from John Reed of the Communist Labor Party to William Z. Foster of the Communist Party of America, from Big Bill Haywood of the Western Federation of Miners to Lucy Parsons - widow of Albert (Haymarket Squa. The best of a mediocre lot The definitive work on the IWW has yet to have been written. If you have no real knowledge of the IWW's history, this is the best available commercial overview. This isn't to say there are many flaws in it, there are. But it does mention the IWW as an international movement. It acknowledges the IWW was a going concern in the 20s and 30s and that it continues to exist today.If you want an even better history, search out "The IWW: it's first 50 years" by Fred Thompson. It is tragically out of print, but is available in many libraries. This an official history of the IWW, but is a acknowledged labor classic for its honesty
(The Boston Globe) . (The New York Times)Eminently readable. (Los Angeles Times)A lively introduction to a trying and violent period in American industrial history. (Journal of American History)The story of American trade unionism is a sorry onedirty and tragicand this is one of the worst chapters. Topical even today. (Times Literary Supplement)A careful, balanced work
. Patrick Renshaw, a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, lives in Sheffield, England
In this new edition of his classic study of the Wobblies, Patrick Renshaw tells the story of how they planned to combine the American working class, and eventually wage earners all over the world, into one big labor union with an industrial basis, a syndicalist philosophy, and a revolutionary aim. “A lively introduction to a trying and violent period in American industrial history.”Journal of American History. “A careful, balanced work.”New York Times Book Review. Does anyone save historians remember the Wobblies? This nickname for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), the revolutionary labor union founded in Chicago in 1905, not so long ago was part of the vocabulary of labor and socialist movements everywhere. But few who have heard of the Wobblies know much about their history, aims, or achievementsor their impact on American labor. “The story of American trade unionism is a sorry onedirty and tragicand this is one of the worst chapters.”Times Literary Supplement.