The Wobblies in Their Heyday: The Rise and Destruction of the Industrial Workers of the World During the World War I Era

The Industrial Workers of the World--or Wobblies, as they were known--included legendary figures from U.S. labor history....
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Author: Eric Thomas Chester
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The Wobblies in Their Heyday: The Rise and Destruction of the Industrial Workers of the World During the World War I Era by Chester, Eric Thomas

The Wobblies in Their Heyday: The Rise and Destruction of the Industrial Workers of the World During the World War I Era

$283.13

The Wobblies in Their Heyday: The Rise and Destruction of the Industrial Workers of the World During the World War I Era

$283.13
Author: Eric Thomas Chester
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

The Industrial Workers of the World--or Wobblies, as they were known--included legendary figures from U.S. labor history. Joe Hill, Big Bill Haywood, and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn have become a part of American popular folklore. In this book, author Eric T. Chester shows just how dynamic a force the IWW was during its heyday during World War I, and how determined the federal government was to crush this union--a campaign of repression that remains unique in U.S. history. This work utilizes a wide array of archival sources, many of them never used before, thereby giving readers a clearer view and better understanding of what actually happened.

The book leads with an examination of the three key events in the history of the IWW: the Wheatfield, CA, confrontation; the Bisbee, AZ, deportation; and the strike of copper miners in Butte, MT. The second part of the book deconstructs the IWW's responses to World War I, the coordinated attack by the federal government upon the union, and how the union unraveled under this attack.



Author: Eric Thomas Chester
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 08/26/2014
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781440833014


Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2015 pg. 1193

About the Author

Eric Thomas Chester, PhD, taught economics at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. He holds a doctorate from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.


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