Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream

Watson, Bruce

ISBN 10: 0143037358 / ISBN 13: 9780143037354

Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143037358
• ISBN 13: 9780143037354
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

On January 12, 1912, an army of textile workers stormed out of the mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, commencing what has since become known as the "Bread and Roses" strike. Based on newspaper accounts, magazine reportage, and oral histories, Watson reconstructs a Dickensian drama involving thousands of parading strikers from fifty-one nations, unforgettable acts of cruelty, and even a protracted murder trial that tested the boundaries of free speech. A rousing look at a seminal and overlooked chapter of the past, Bread and Roses is indispensable reading.

About the Author

Bruce Watson is an award-winning journalist whose articles have been published in Smithsonian, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Examiner, Yankee Magazine, and The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003.