Title Wobblies on the waterfront : interracial unionism in progressive-era Philadelphia / Peter Cole

Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2007] ©2007

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Description 1 online resource Series The working class in American history The working class in American history Contents Introduction : in search of Local 8 -- Philadelphia : "the workship of the world" -- Wobblies take the docks -- There is power in a union -- War on the waterfront -- Onward one big union? -- Riding the wave of postwar militancy : the 1920 strike -- The Philadelphia controversy -- Quakertown blues : the lockout of 1922 -- Conclusion : towards radical egalitarianism Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-221) and index Notes English Description based on print version record Subject Industrial Workers of the World -- History SUBJECT Industrial Workers of the World fast Subject Stevedores -- Labor unions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History Labor unions -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. Labor unions -- Social aspects Race relations Stevedores -- Labor unions SUBJECT Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Race relations -- History Subject Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019718396 ISBN 9780252090851 0252090853 9786613155740 6613155748

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