How many machine guns does it take to cook one meal? : the Seattle and San Francisco general strikes /
How Many Machine Guns Does It Take to Cook One Meal? explores the cultural forces that shaped two pivotal events affecting the entire West Coast: the 1919 Seattle General Strike and the 1934 San Francisco General Strike. In contrast to traditional approaches that downplay culture or focus on the rol...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
c2008.
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Colección: | Samuel and Althea Stroum book.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- New wine in old bottles: rethinking American exceptionalism
- "A new power and a new world": the Seattle General Strike, 1919
- "To organize and control the job": the San Francisco General Strike, 1934
- Explaining general strikes: the instrumentality of culture
- The making of moral certitude: institutions, identities, and resonance.