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Author:

Cole, Peter, 1969-

Title:

Wobblies on the waterfront : interracial unionism in progressive-era Philadelphia / Peter Cole.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

x, 227 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Industrial Workers of the World--History.
Stevedores--History.--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--History.
Labor unions--History.--Philadelphia--Philadelphia--History.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-221) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : in search of Local 8 -- Philadelphia : "the workship of the world" -- Wobblies take the docks -- There is power in a union -- War on the waterfront -- Onward one big union? -- Riding the wave of postwar militancy : the 1920 strike -- The Philadelphia controversy -- Quakertown blues : the lockout of 1922 -- Conclusion : towards radical egalitarianism.

Series:

Working class in American history

ISBN:

0252031865 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780252031861 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)82287159

LCCN:

2007005059

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)