Community in Conflict : A Working-class History of the 1913-14 Michigan Copper Strike and the Italian Hall Tragedy /

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"A mirror of great changes that were occurring on the national labor rights scene, the 1913-14 Michigan Copper Strike was a time of unprecedented social upheaval in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With organized labor taking an aggressive stance against the excesses of unfettered capitalism, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kaunonen, Gary (Autor), Goings, Aaron (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Working class.
Strikes and lockouts > Miners.
Economic history.
Copper mines and mining.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
HISTORY > Social History.
Travailleurs > Michigan > Calumet > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Cuivre > Mines et extraction > Michigan > Calumet > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Greves et lock-out > Mineurs > Michigan > Calumet > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Working class > Michigan > Calumet > History > 20th century.
Copper mines and mining > Michigan > Calumet > History > 20th century.
Strikes and lockouts > Miners > Michigan > Calumet > History > 20th century.
Italian Hall Disaster, Calumet, Mich., 1913.
Copper Miners' Strike, Mich., 1913-1914.
Michigan > Calumet.
Michigan.
Calumet (Mich.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
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Sumario:"A mirror of great changes that were occurring on the national labor rights scene, the 1913-14 Michigan Copper Strike was a time of unprecedented social upheaval in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With organized labor taking an aggressive stance against the excesses of unfettered capitalism, the stage was set for a major struggle between labor and management. The Michigan Copper Strike received national attention and garnered the support of luminaries in organized labor like Mother Jones, John Mitchell, Clarence Darrow, and Charles Moyer. The hope of victory was overshadowed, however, by violent incidents like the shooting of striking workers and their family members, and the bitterness of a community divided. No other event came to symbolize or memorialize the strike more than the Italian Hall tragedy, in which dozens of workers and working-class children died. In Community in Conflict, the efforts of working people to gain a voice on the job and in their community through their unions, and the efforts of employers to crush those unions, take center stage. Previously untapped historical sources such as labor spy reports, union newspapers, coded messages, and artifacts shine new light on this epic, and ultimately tragic, period in American labor history."--Publisher's website
Descripción Física:1 online resource (334 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781609173852

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