Challenge accepted : a Finnish immigrant response to industrial America in Michigan's copper country /

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The copper mines of Michigan's Copper Country, in the Upper Peninsula, were active for 150 years, from 1845 until 1995. Many of the mine workers attempted to unionize, in order to obtain better working conditions, wages, and hours. The Michigan miners were unsuccessful in their struggles with m...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kaunonen, Gary
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Työmies Publishing Company > History.
Työmies Publishing Company
Finnish Americans > Michigan > Hancock > History.
Immigrants > Michigan > Hancock > History.
Finnish Americans > Michigan > Hancock > Social life and customs.
Finnish Americans > Michigan > Hancock > Social conditions.
Working class > Michigan > Hancock > History.
Labor unions > Michigan > Hancock > History.
Américains d'origine finlandaise > Michigan > Hancock > Histoire.
Américains d'origine finlandaise > Michigan > Hancock > Mœurs et coutumes.
Américains d'origine finlandaise > Michigan > Hancock > Conditions sociales.
Travailleurs > Michigan > Hancock > Histoire.
Syndicats > Michigan > Hancock > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Ethnic relations
Finnish Americans
Finnish Americans > Social life and customs
Immigrants
Labor unions
Social conditions
Working class
Hancock (Mich.) > History.
Hancock (Mich.) > Social conditions.
Hancock (Mich.) > Ethnic relations.
Michigan > Hancock
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Finnish immigration and settlement in a Hancock, Michigan neighborhood
  • Finnish immigrant cultural organizations and the "Finn Hall"
  • Finnish immigrant socialist-unionists in Hancock
  • The early existence of the Työmies Publishing Company, 1904-09
  • The Työmies Publishing Company reaches maturity, 1910-1913
  • The 1913-14 copper country strike
  • Gun hounds, scabs, and tragedy
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1: Työmies Publishing Company staff and contributors, 1909
  • Appendix 2: Työmies Publishing Company interior use of space, 1913
  • Appendix 3: Copper territory strikers' march, 1913
  • Appendix 4: Työmies Publishing Company's composite list of Italian Hall deceased, 1913.

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