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Author:

Kaunonen, Gary, author.

Title:

Flames of discontent : the 1916 Minnesota iron ore strike / Gary Kaunonen.

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xii, 253 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Strikes and lockouts--History--Minnesota--History--20th century.
Iron mines and mining--Minnesota--History--20th century.
Iron miners--History--Minnesota--History--20th century.
Iron miners--Labor unions.
Iron mines and mining.
Strikes and lockouts--Iron mining.
Minnesota.
1900-1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: workers' rights, immigrant voices -- A place hard as iron: mining's divided landscapes -- The seasonal struggle: labor and politics in Northern Minnesota -- Wobbly firebrands: organizing the Finnish working class -- From strikebreakers to solidarity: the Slavic worker revolt -- The rhetoric of revolution: communicating the strike -- Flash point: dissent and violence in 1916 -- Conclusion: rising from the ashes.

ISBN:

1517902681
9781517902681
1517902673
9781517902674

OCLC:

(OCoLC)982091560

LCCN:

2017042181

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)