Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream
Autor Bruce Watsonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 2006 – vârsta de la 18 ani
On January 12, 1912, an army of textile workers stormed out of the mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, commencing what has since become known as the "Bread and Roses" strike. Based on newspaper accounts, magazine reportage, and oral histories, Watson reconstructs a Dickensian drama involving thousands of parading strikers from fifty-one nations, unforgettable acts of cruelty, and even a protracted murder trial that tested the boundaries of free speech. A rousing look at a seminal and overlooked chapter of the past, Bread and Roses is indispensable reading.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780143037354
ISBN-10: 0143037358
Pagini: 337
Ilustrații: 16-page b/w photo inserts
Dimensiuni: 130 x 201 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
ISBN-10: 0143037358
Pagini: 337
Ilustrații: 16-page b/w photo inserts
Dimensiuni: 130 x 201 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Cuprins
Bread and Roses Introduction
BOOK ONE
Chapter One: For Two Hours' Pay
Chapter Two: Immigrant City
Chapter Three: The Battle of the Merrimack
Chapter Four: Stars, Stripes, and Bayonets
Chapter Five: Dynamite
Chapter Six: Spinning Out of Control
BOOK TWO
Chapter Seven: A Nation Divided
Chapter Eight: The Children's Exodus
Chapter Nine: Crackdown
Chapter Ten: In Congress, 1912
Chapter Eleven: An American Tapestry
Chapter Twelve: "The Flag of Liberty Is Here"
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
BOOK ONE
Chapter One: For Two Hours' Pay
Chapter Two: Immigrant City
Chapter Three: The Battle of the Merrimack
Chapter Four: Stars, Stripes, and Bayonets
Chapter Five: Dynamite
Chapter Six: Spinning Out of Control
BOOK TWO
Chapter Seven: A Nation Divided
Chapter Eight: The Children's Exodus
Chapter Nine: Crackdown
Chapter Ten: In Congress, 1912
Chapter Eleven: An American Tapestry
Chapter Twelve: "The Flag of Liberty Is Here"
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Notă biografică
Bruce Watson is an award-winning journalist whose articles have been published in Smithsonian, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Examiner, Yankee Magazine, and The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003.
Descriere
A rousing history with the narrative drive of a novel, this is the true-to-life tale of the 1912 textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, that became the fabric of a community and an inspiration to workers around the world. High school & older.