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Packinghouse Daughter: A Memoir
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Series: Midwest Reflections
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ISBN10: 0873513916
ISBN13: 9780873513913
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Soc Pr
Published: Sep 1 2000
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.96
Height: 1.03 Width: 5.66 Depth: 8.34
Language: English
Awards: Society of Midland Authors Award
ISBN13: 9780873513913
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Soc Pr
Published: Sep 1 2000
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.96
Height: 1.03 Width: 5.66 Depth: 8.34
Language: English
Awards: Society of Midland Authors Award
The violence that erupted when the company replaced its union workers with strikebreakers tested family loyalty and community stability, and attracted national attention when the governor of Minnesota called in the National Guard, declared martial law, and closed the plant.
Register skillfully interweaves her own memories, historical research, and first-person interviews of participants on both sides of the strike into a narrative that is thoughtful and impassioned about the value of blue-collar work and the dignity of those who do it. Packinghouse Daughter also testifies to the hold that childhood experience has on personal values and notions of social class, despite the upward mobility that is the great promise of American democracy.
Register skillfully interweaves her own memories, historical research, and first-person interviews of participants on both sides of the strike into a narrative that is thoughtful and impassioned about the value of blue-collar work and the dignity of those who do it. Packinghouse Daughter also testifies to the hold that childhood experience has on personal values and notions of social class, despite the upward mobility that is the great promise of American democracy.
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