John L. Lewis: A Biography - Softcover

Dubofsky, Melvyn; Van Tine, Warren Van

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252012879 ISBN 13: 9780252012877

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1986

Synopsis

John L. Lewis (1880-1969), who ruled the United Mine Workers for four decades beginning in 1919, defied presidents, challenged Congress, and kept American political life in an uproar. Drawing upon previously untapped resources in the UMW archives and upon oral histories by major figures of the 1930s and 1940s, the authors have created a remarkable portrait of this 'self-made man' and his times.

About this title

About the Author

Melvyn Dubofsky, Distinguished Professor of History and Sociology at the State University of New York at Binghamton, is author of several books, including "John L. Lewis: A Biography" and "We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW".

Warren Van Tine is professor of history at The Ohio State University. Michael Pierce is associate director of the Arkansas Center for Oral and Visual History, assistant editor of the Arkansas Historical Quarterly, and instructor of history at the University of Arkansas.

Review

"Correcting other scholars here, exploding hoary legends there, Dubofsky and Van Tine bring to bear the powerful artillery of disinterested scholarship to clear away the debris left behind by mythmakers... Retains the original edition's perspective and judgements, much of its language, and all of its judiciousness and intelligence." -- Labor/Le Travail

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252012879
• ISBN 13: 9780252012877
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416