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Author:
Johnson, Victoria L. (Victoria Lee)
Title:
How many machine guns does it take to cook one meal? : the Seattle and San Francisco general strikes / Victoria Johnson.
Publisher:
University of Washington Press,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
xvi, 165 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
General Strike, Seattle, Wash., 1919.
General Strike, San Francisco, Calif., 1934.
Strikes and lockouts--United States--History--20th century.
Working class--United States--History--20th century.
Labor movement--United States--History--20th century.
Notes:
"A Samuel and Althea Stroum book." Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-155) and index.
Contents:
New wine in old bottles: rethinking American exceptionalism -- "A new power and a new world": the Seattle General Strike, 1919 -- "To organize and control the job": the San Francisco General Strike, 1934 -- Explaining general strikes: the instrumentality of culture -- The making of moral certitude: institutions, identities, and resonance.
ISBN:
0295987960 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780295987965 (hardback : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2007038317
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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