Strikes books

193 books were found.

Voice Of Southern Labor: Radio, Music, And Textile Strikes, 1929-1934

Voice Of Southern Labor: Radio, Music, And Textile Strikes,...

Author: Vincent J. Roscigno ,  William F. Danaher
ISBN: 9780816640157
Format: Hardback
$158.40

The authors show how the message of the southern mill hands spread throughout the region with the advent of radio...  Read More >>

A Civil War Without Guns: 20 Years on, the Lessons of the 1984-85 Miners' Strike

A Civil War Without Guns: 20 Years on, the Lessons of...

Author: Ken Smith ,  Alan Hardman
ISBN: 9781870958462
Format: Paperback
$12.94

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Fact and Fiction: Representations of the Asturian Revolution (1934-1938)

Fact and Fiction: Representations of the Asturian Revolution...

Author: Sarah Sanchez
ISBN: 9781904350132
Format: Paperback
$64.69

This study examines a varied corpus of documentary and literary texts produced during the Miners revolution of October...  Read More >>

When Coal Was King: Ladysmith and the Coal-Mining Industry on Vancouver Island

When Coal Was King: Ladysmith and the Coal-Mining Industry...

Author: John Hinde
ISBN: 9780774809351
Format: Hardback
$67.25

The first scholarly history of the Ladysmith miners, the Great Strike of 1912-1914, and the coalmining industry...  Read More >>

Labor Revolt in Alabama: The Great Strike of 1894

Labor Revolt in Alabama: The Great Strike of 1894

Author: Robert D. Ward ,  William Warren Rogers
ISBN: 9780817350574
Format: Paperback
$71.28

Written as a case study of the causes of the Alabama miner's strike in 1894, this book explains how during an economic...  Read More >>

Colours of Money, Shades of Pride – Historicities and Moral Politics in Industrial Conflicts in Hong Kong

Colours of Money, Shades of Pride – Historicities and...

Author: Fred Chiu
ISBN: 9789622096264
Format: Paperback
$56.93

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Colours of Money, Shades of Pride – Historicities and Moral Politics in Industrial Conflicts in Hong Kong

Colours of Money, Shades of Pride – Historicities and...

Author: Fred Chiu
ISBN: 9789622096257
Format: Hardback
$118.80

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Three Strikes: Labor's Heartland Losses and What They Mean for Working Americans

Three Strikes: Labor's Heartland Losses and What They...

Author: Stephen Franklin
ISBN: 9781572307971
Format: Paperback
$66.00

"""Three Strikes"" chronicles the protracted strikes waged against three large corporations in Decatur, Illinois,...  Read More >>

A Strike like No Other Strike: Law and Resistance during the Pittston Coal Strike of 1989-1990

A Strike like No Other Strike: Law and Resistance during...

Author: Richard A. Brisbin, Jr. (West Virginia University)
ISBN: 9780801869013
Format: Hardback
$117.00

Supreme Court ultimately ruled in favor of the union, most of the strikers faced elimination of their jobs and an...  Read More >>

The General Textile Strike of 1934: From Maine to Alabama

The General Textile Strike of 1934: From Maine to Alabama...

Author: John A Salmond
ISBN: 9780826263421
Format: Electronic book text
$132.00

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Industrial Labor in the Colonial World: Workers of the Chemin de Fer Dakar-Niger, 1881-1963

Industrial Labor in the Colonial World: Workers of the...

Author: James A. Jones
ISBN: 9780325070896
Format: Hardback
$217.80

This is a study of the great railroad strike of 1947-48, examined from the perspective of Africans who worked and...  Read More >>

Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century

Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the...

Author: Howard Zinn ,  Robin D.G. Kelley
ISBN: 9780807050132
Format: Paperback
$39.99

Three renowned historians present stirring tales of labor- Howard Zinn tells the grim tale of the Ludlow Massacre,...  Read More >>

The Newark Teacher Strikes: Hopes on the Line

The Newark Teacher Strikes: Hopes on the Line

Author: Steve Golin
ISBN: 9780813530574
Format: Hardback
$79.20

For three weeks in 1970 and for eleven weeks in 1971, the schools in Newark, New Jersey, were paralysed as the teachers...  Read More >>

The Miners Strike Day by Day: The Illustrated 1984/85 Diary of Yorkshire Miner Arthur Wakefield

The Miners Strike Day by Day: The Illustrated 1984/85...

Author: Arthur Wakefield ,  Brian Elliot
ISBN: 9781903425169
Format: Paperback
$33.61

Facing probable redundancy in his mid-fifties, South Elmsall miner Arthur Wakefield, fought for jobs and communities...  Read More >>

Preventing and Managing Teacher Strikes

Preventing and Managing Teacher Strikes

Author: William A. Streshly ,  Jerry Franklin
ISBN: 9780810841789
Format: Paperback
$106.95

"This text begins with the ""bread and butter"" of teacher's union issues, before continuing to explain how to prevent...  Read More >>

Spoiled Silk: The Red Mayor and the Great Paterson Textile Strike

Spoiled Silk: The Red Mayor and the Great Paterson Textile...

Author: George William Shea
ISBN: 9780823221349
Format: Paperback
$63.95

This is the story of two immigrants, William and Katherine Brueckmann, who started a new life in America's first...  Read More >>

Spoiled Silk: The Red Mayor and the Great Paterson Textile Strike

Spoiled Silk: The Red Mayor and the Great Paterson Textile...

Author: George William Shea
ISBN: 9780823221332
Format: Hardback
$150.95

This is the story of two immigrants, William and Katherine Brueckmann, who started a new life in America's first...  Read More >>

Contesting the New South Order: The 1914-1915 Strike at Atlanta's Fulton Mills

Contesting the New South Order: The 1914-1915 Strike...

Author: Clifford M. Kuhn
ISBN: 9780807849736
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Like Fire in Broom Straw: Southern Journalism and the Textile Strikes of 1929-1931

Like Fire in Broom Straw: Southern Journalism and the...

Author: Robert W. Whalen
ISBN: 9780313316982
Format: Hardback
$110.00

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