Strike!
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HD5324 .B7 1997
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ii, 421 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-406) and index.
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"An exciting history of American labor". -- The New York Times Book Review "New and Recommended" List.
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"Splendid. Clearly the best single-volume summary yet published of American general strikes". -- Washington Post.
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"A magnificent book. I hope it will take its place as the standard history of American labor". -- Staughton Lynd, labor historian.
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Since its original publication in 1972, no book has done as much as Jeremy Brecher's Strike! to bring American labor history to a wide audience. Strike! describes what is left out of ordinary history books: the dramatic story of repeated, massive, and often violent revolts by ordinary working people in America. The story includes nearly nation-wide general strikes, the seizure of vast industrial establishments, non-violent direct action on a massive scale, and armed battles with artillery and aircraft. Strike! tells this exciting hidden history from the point of view of the rank-and-file workers who lived it.
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For this special anniversary edition, Jeremy Brecher brings the story up to date. A new Introduction places the problems faced by working people today in the context of 120 years of labor history. A new chapter introduces the little-known labor dimension of the Vietnam-era revolt. And a new concluding chapter interprets the rank-and-file labor struggles of the past 25 years, in a unique "first draft" of the labor history of our era.
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This updated edition of Strike! will be essential for any course that touches on either the history or present situation of American workers. I t will be an inspiration for all those working to revive the labor movement today.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Brecher, J. (1997). Strike! (Rev. and updated ed.). South End Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Brecher, Jeremy. 1997. Strike!. Boston, MA: South End Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Brecher, Jeremy. Strike! Boston, MA: South End Press, 1997.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Brecher, J. (1997). Strike! Rev. and updated ed. Boston, MA: South End Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Brecher, Jeremy. Strike! Rev. and updated ed., South End Press, 1997.

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