Dynamite: The Story of Class Violence in America 1830-1930 - Softcover

Louis Adamic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904859747 ISBN 13: 9781904859741

Publisher: AK Press, 2009

Synopsis

Labour disputes have produced more violence over a longer period of time in the United States than in any other industrialised country in the world. From the 1890s to the 1930s, hardly a year passed without a serious - and often deadly - clash between workers and management. Written in the 1930s, and with a new introduction by Mike Davis, Dynamite recounts a fascinating and largely forgotten history of class and labour struggle in America's industrial beginnings. It is the story of brutal exploitation, massacres, and judicial murders of the workers. It is also the story of their response: when peaceful strikes yielded no results, workers fought back by any means necessary.

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About the Author

Louis Adamic emigrated from Slovenia when he was fifteen years old and quickly joined the American labour force. The author of eleven books, he is now recognised as a great figure in early twentieth-century American literature. He was found shot to death in a burning farmhouse in 1954.

Edition details

• Publisher: AK Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904859747
• ISBN 13: 9781904859741
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 380