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"Michael Zweig shows that the majority of Americans are actually working class and argues that recognizing this fact is essential if that majority is to achieve political influence and social strength. "Class," Zweig writes, "is primarily a matter of power, not income." He goes beyond old formulations of class to explore ways in which class interacts with race and gender." "Believing that we must limit the power of capitalists to abuse workers, communities,...

For young rebels seeking an authentic American radical tradition, the IWW provides a solid heritage of revolutionary commitment and militant methods. Grappling with the issues of economic and social inequality which plague us yet today, the "Wobblies" employed violent strikes, struggles on street corners, picket lines for free speech and better working conditions, and stirring songs of protest in pursuit of their own vision of a Great (New) Society...

Chronicles the rise and eventual fall of Nazi Germany. Chronicles the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party following the collapse of Germany following World War I.

This is a book about working-class identity, consciousness, and self-determination. It offers an alternative to middle-class assimilation and working-class amnesia. The twenty-five contributors use memory - both personal and collective - to show the relationship between the uncertain economic rhythms of working-class life and the possibilities for cultural and political agency. Manual labor and intellectual work are connected in these multicultural...

"While there have been many accounts of the lives and conditions of blacks under slavery, this is the first documentary work to include substantial material on free black workers. It draws together a vast range of materials from newspapers, census reports, testimonies, speeches, letters, and many other sources to tell the story of this long-neglected side of black life. ; Each volume in the series includes an introduction, notes, and an index"--Book...

Despite the overall economic gains in the 1990s, many young black men continue to have the poorest life chances of anyone in our society. In "Black Males Left Behind," Ronald Mincy has assembled a distinguished group of experts who examine how less-educated black men fared relative to other less-educated young people during the economic expansion of the 1990s and why. Chapters explore the roles of the macroeconomy, the deconcentration of blue-collar...

The capital of the Nazi movement was not Berlin but Munich. So said the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, of this handsome Bavarian town on the banks of the Isar River. Munich, the city of baroque buildings, fine art museums, and Oktoberfest, was where Hitler felt most at home. It was the birthplace of Nazism and became the chief cultural shrine of the Third Reich. Why did Nazism flourish in the "Athens of the Isar"? In exploring this question, David Clay Large...