Where Are the Workers?: Labor's Stories at Museums and Historic Sites (Working Class in American History) - Softcover

Book 54 of 65: Working Class in American History
 
9780252086465: Where Are the Workers?: Labor's Stories at Museums and Historic Sites (Working Class in American History)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0252086465 ISBN 13: 9780252086465
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2022

Synopsis

The labor movement in the United States is a bulwark of democracy and a driving force for social and economic equality. Yet its stories remain largely unknown to Americans. Robert Forrant and Mary Anne Trasciatti edit a collection of essays focused on nationwide efforts to propel the history of labor and working people into mainstream narratives of US history. In Part One, the contributors concentrate on ways to collect and interpret worker-oriented history for public consumption. Part Two moves from National Park sites to murals to examine the writing and visual representation of labor history. Together, the essayists explore how place-based labor history initiatives promote understanding of past struggles, create awareness of present challenges, and support efforts to build power, expand democracy, and achieve justice for working people.

A wide-ranging blueprint for change, Where Are the Workers? shows how working-class perspectives can expand our historical memory and inform and inspire contemporary activism.

Contributors: Jim Beauchesne, Rebekah Bryer, Rebecca Bush, Conor Casey, Rachel Donaldson, Kathleen Flynn, Elijah Gaddis, Susan Grabski, Amanda Kay Gustin, Karen Lane, Rob Linné, Erik Loomis, Tom MacMillan, Lou Martin, Scott McLaughlin, Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan, Karen Sieber, and Katrina Windon

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Robert Forrant is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and the author of Metal Fatigue: American Bosch and the Demise of Metalworking in the Connecticut River Valley. Mary Anne Trasciatti is a professor of rhetoric and the director of labor studies at Hofstra University. She is the author of a forthcoming book on Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and civil liberties activism.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0252086465
ISBN 13 
9780252086465
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
248
Editor
Forrant Robert, Trasciatti Mary Anne

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780252044397: Where Are the Workers?: Labor's Stories at Museums and Historic Sites (Working Class in American History)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  0252044398 ISBN 13:  9780252044397
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2022
Hardcover