Strike! - Hardcover

Jeremy Brecher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879320117 ISBN 13: 9780879320119

Publisher: Straight Arrow Books; [distributed by World Pub. Co., New York

Synopsis

Strike! [hardcover] Brecher, Jeremy [Jan 01, 1972]

About this title

About the Author:

Jeremy Brecher is the author of more than a dozen books on labor and social movements, including Brass Valley, Building Bridges, Global Village or Global Pillage, Globalization from Below, and History from Below. He is the former humanities scholar-in-residence at Connecticut Public Television and Radio and received five regional Emmy Awards for his documentary film work. He helped found and currently works with the Labor Network for Sustainability. He lives in West Cornwall, Connecticut.

Review:

“An exciting history of American labor. Brings to life the flashpoints of labor history. Scholarly, genuinely stirring.”  —New York Times

“Splendid . . . clearly the best single-volume summary yet published of American general strikes.”  —Washington Post

“One of the most important books on labor history published since World War II.”  —Howard Zinn, author, A People’s History of the United States

“A magnificent book. I hope it will take its place as the standard history of American labor.”  —Staughton Lynd, influential activist and lawyer

“Brecher’s stories are interesting and exciting, his prose colorful, his quotes well chosen.”  —Texas Observer

"Brecher dives inside the everyday struggles of rank-and-file workers and provides a thoroughly researched, alternative history rarely mentioned in textbooks or popular media." —Booklist

About this edition

• Publisher: Straight Arrow Books; [distributed by World Pub. Co., New York
• ISBN 10: 0879320117
• ISBN 13: 9780879320119
• Binding: Hardcover