Joe Hill : the IWW & the Making of a Revolutionary Workingclass Counterculture.

The only biography of musician, IWW labor activist, and martyr Joe Hill to fully explore his politics and cultural contributions as well as his lasting effect on the radical counterculture This expansive work covers the life, times, and culture of that most famous member of the Industrial Workers of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rosemont, Franklin
Otros Autores: Roediger, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland : PM Press, 2015.
Colección:Charles H. Kerr library.
Temas:
Hill, Joe, > 1879-1915.
Hill, Joe, > 1879-1915
Industrial Workers of the World > History.
Industrial Workers of the World
Working class > United States > History.
Labor movement > United States > History.
Travailleurs > États-Unis > Histoire.
Mouvement ouvrier > États-Unis > Histoire.
Labor movement
Working class
United States
Biographies
History
Biography.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Joe Hill's Artwork
  • A Note on the Notes
  • Introduction to the 2015 Edition by David Roediger
  • Introduction: "Troubadour of Discontent" by Franklin Rosemont
  • I: Joe Hill & His Union
  • 1. The ABC of the IWW: Revolutionary Industrial Unionism
  • 2. Conflicting Views of IWW History
  • 3. The Hobo Contribution to Critical Theory & the Origins of the Wobbly Counterculture
  • 4. Joe Hill: The Problem of Biography
  • 5. "Born on a Planet Called the Earth": A Sketch of the Life of a Footloose Wobbly
  • 6. Ester Dahl: Joe Hill's Sister.
  • II: The Wobbly Bard
  • 1. Songs to Wise Up the Slaves
  • 2. A "One Big Union" of Poets
  • III: A Free-Spirited Internationalist
  • 1. From Swedish Immigrant to Citizen of the World
  • 2. "The Pleasure of Fighting Under the Red Flag": Joe Hill & the Mexican Revolution
  • 3. The Fraser River Strike: The IWW Bard in Canada
  • 4. More Mysteries of a Hobo's Life: Fellow Worker Hill on the Honolulu Run
  • 5. "Don't Sing 'My Country 'Tis of Thee'": Joe Hill's Internationalism
  • IV: A Classic Case of Frame-Up
  • 1. Why Was Joe Hill Arrested?
  • 2. Red Scare: Why & How the Police and the Press Stir Up Fear and Hatred
  • 3. Convicting the Innocent, Encouraging the Guilty
  • 4. The Mystery Woman
  • 5. "Do Something to Save the Life of Joe Hill": The Defense Committee Swings into Action
  • 6. The International Defense
  • 7. 19 November 1915: A Case of Judicial Murder
  • 8. Responses to the Execution
  • 9. Two Funerals, Unending Memorials
  • V: Joe Hill & The Arts
  • 1. A Painting by Joe Hill
  • 2. Joe Hill, IWW Cartoonist
  • 3. A Class-War Humorist
  • 4. The Wobbly Art of Parody
  • 5. Carl Michael Bellman & Joe Hill's Favorite Song.
  • 6. Joe Hill, Composer
  • 7. Songs, Music & Cartoons: Reflections on Scribbling
  • 8. Pie in the Sky
  • 9. "I Have Lived Like an Artist"
  • VI: Joe Hill Myths
  • 1. Superman, Saint & Savior
  • 2. Remorseless Scoundrel, Devil Incarnate
  • 3. One Man's Joe Hill Myth: John Maata Retells the Story as He Remembered It
  • VII: The Iww & The White Problem
  • 1. One Big Union: A Challenge to White Supremacy
  • 2. Another Look at "Scissor Bill," or Good Intentions Are Not Enough
  • 3. Redeeming the Earth from Private Property: The IWW & Native Americans.
  • 4. The Importance of Chinese Cooking in the History of the IWW
  • 5. In the Abolitionist Tradition: Wobblies Against Whiteness
  • 6. Race, Class & the Titanic: Looking at a Joe Hill Cartoon
  • 7. Joe Hill & Ben Fletcher
  • 8. Toward the New Abolitionism: George Seldes & Ray Sprigle
  • VIII: Women Wobblies & Wobbly Feminism
  • 1. Joe Hill, The Rebel Girl, and Rebel Women
  • 2. The Strange Case of Agnes Thecla Fair
  • IX: Wobblies Versus "Sky Pilots"
  • 1. Joe Hill, the IWW & Religion
  • 2. The Mormon Influence in the Hill Case
  • 3. Ammon Hennacy & the Salt Lake City Joe Hill House of Hospitality.

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