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Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream

Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream

Paperback

20th Century United States HistorySocial Movements

ISBN10: 0143037358
ISBN13: 9780143037354
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: Jul 25 2006
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
On January 12, 1912, an army of textile workers stormed out of the mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, commencing what has since become known as the Bread and Roses strike. Based on newspaper accounts, magazine reportage, and oral histories, Watson reconstructs a Dickensian drama involving thousands of parading strikers from fifty-one nations, unforgettable acts of cruelty, and even a protracted murder trial that tested the boundaries of free speech. A rousing look at a seminal and overlooked chapter of the past, Bread and Roses is indispensable reading.

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