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""""If the Workers Took a Notion"" is a superb read; its prose is bold, dramatic, and pointed. It offers a comprehensive and gripping overview of the history of labor relations in the United States from the Civil War to the present with a focus throughout on the right to strike. Attentive to the tortured history and dim prospects for such a right, Josiah Bartlett Lambert illuminates a radical vision of the connection between work and citizenship."" -- Russell Muirhead, Harvard University, author of<I> Just Work</I> ""Working smoothly from history to current prospects, Josiah Bartlett Lambert brings the strike back into focus as the quintessential weapon of the working class. There is a lot to consider in this stimulating book, including the future of an American 'rights' regime that includes a remobilized labor movement."" -- Karen Orren, UCLA

Working smoothly from history to current prospects, Josiah Bartlett Lambert brings the strike back into focus as the quintessential weapon of the working class. There is a lot to consider in this stimulating book, including the future of an American 'rights' regime that includes a remobilized labor movement. -- Karen Orren, UCLA If the Workers Took a Notion is a superb read; its prose is bold, dramatic, and pointed. It offers a comprehensive and gripping overview of the history of labor relations in the United States from the Civil War to the present with a focus throughout on the right to strike. Attentive to the tortured history and dim prospects for such a right, Josiah Bartlett Lambert illuminates a radical vision of the connection between work and citizenship. -- Russell Muirhead, Harvard University, author of<I> Just Work</I>

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Josiah Bartlett Lambert is Assistant Professor of Political Science at St. Bonaventure University.

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