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Wobblies on the waterfront : interracial unionism in progressive-era Philadelphia

Title
Wobblies on the waterfront : interracial unionism in progressive-era Philadelphia / Peter Cole.
Author
Cole, Peter, 1969-
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2007.

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Description
x, 227 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
The working class in American history
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
ISD (Philadelphia) 07-5355
ISBN
  • 9780252031861 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0252031865 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007005059
OCLC
82287159
Author
Cole, Peter, 1969-
Title
Wobblies on the waterfront : interracial unionism in progressive-era Philadelphia / Peter Cole.
Imprint
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2007.
Series
The working class in American history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-221) and index.
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ISD (Philadelphia) 07-5355
Sc E 08-80
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