Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965

Over twenty years after its initial publication, Annelise Orleck's Common Sense and a Little Fire continues to...
BD$79.05 BMD
BD$79.05 BMD
SKU: 9781469635910
Product Type: Books
Please hurry! Only 723 left in stock
Author: Annelise Orleck
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Subtotal: BD$79.05
10 customers are viewing this product
Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965 by Orleck, Annelise

Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965

BD$79.05

Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965

BD$79.05
Author: Annelise Orleck
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Over twenty years after its initial publication, Annelise Orleck's Common Sense and a Little Fire continues to resonate with its harrowing story of activism, labor, and women's history. Orleck traces the personal and public lives of four immigrant women activists who left a lasting imprint on American politics. Though they have rarely made more than cameo appearances in previous histories, Rose Schneiderman, Fannia Cohn, Clara Lemlich Shavelson, and Pauline Newman played important roles in the emergence of organized labor, the New Deal welfare state, adult education, and the modern women's movement. Orleck takes her four subjects from turbulent, turn-of-the-century Eastern Europe to the radical ferment of New York's Lower East Side and the gaslit tenements where young workers studied together. Orleck paints a compelling picture of housewives' food and rent protests, of grim conditions in the garment shops, of factory-floor friendships that laid the basis for a mass uprising of young women garment workers, and of the impassioned rallies working women organized for suffrage.

Featuring a new preface by the author, this new edition reasserts itself as a pivotal text in twentieth-century labor history.



Author: Annelise Orleck
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 10/02/2017
Pages: 424
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 8.97h x 6.32w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9781469635910

About the Author
Orleck, Annelise: - Annelise Orleck is professor of history at Dartmouth College.

Returns Policy

You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.

Shipping

We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.

When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.

Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.

Related Products

Recently Viewed Products