This book analyzes consumer organizing tactics and the decline of the Seattle labor movement in the 1920s, as a case study of the U.S. labor movement in the 1920s. The book examines the transformation of the movement after the famous Seattle General Strike of 1919 by showing that workers organized not only at the point of production, but through politicized consumption as well, employing boycotts, cooperatives, labor-owned businesses, and union label promotion. It pays special attention to the gender dynamics of labor's consumer campaigns, as trade union men sought to persuade their wives to...
This book analyzes consumer organizing tactics and the decline of the Seattle labor movement in the 1920s, as a case study of the U.S. labor movement ...
Are imports really to blame for disappearing American jobs? Tracing the history and politics of economic nationalism from the American Revolution to the present, labor historian Dana Frank demonstrates how "Buy American" campaigns are not a new idea. This entertaining story is full of surprises, including misguided heroes, chilling racism, and more than a few charlatans. Frank contributes a much needed new approach to the old debate between free trade and protectionism. She outlines a strategy that would serve the needs of working Americans instead of the interests of corporations and...
Are imports really to blame for disappearing American jobs? Tracing the history and politics of economic nationalism from the American Revolution to t...
Three renowned historians present stirring tales of labor: Howard Zinn tells the grim tale of the Ludlow Massacre, a drama of beleaguered immigrant workers, Mother Jones, and the politics of corporate power in the age of the robber barons. Dana Frank brings to light the little-known story of a successful sit-in conducted by the 'counter girls' at the Detroit Woolworth's during the Great Depression. Robin D. G. Kelley's story of a movie theater musicians' strike in New York asks what defines work in times of changing technology.
Three renowned historians present stirring tales of labor: Howard Zinn tells the grim tale of the Ludlow Massacre, a drama of beleaguered immigrant wo...
This book analyzes consumer organizing tactics and the decline of the Seattle labor movement in the 1920s, as a case study of the U.S. labor movement in the 1920s. The book examines the transformation of the movement after the famous Seattle General Strike of 1919 by showing that workers organized not only at the point of production, but through politicized consumption as well, employing boycotts, cooperatives, labor-owned businesses, and union label promotion. It pays special attention to the gender dynamics of labor's consumer campaigns, as trade union men sought to persuade their wives to...
This book analyzes consumer organizing tactics and the decline of the Seattle labor movement in the 1920s, as a case study of the U.S. labor movement ...
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Deutsch - Padagogik, Didaktik, Sprachwissenschaft, Note: 2,0, Universitat Leipzig, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Bis heute wird in Deutschland stetig uber den Status der Bundesrepublik im Bezug auf Migration diskutiert. Unabhangig davon steht aber fest, dass Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund ein Teil unserer Gesellschaft sind. Gerade an Schulen wird dies immer deutlicher. So hatten im Jahr 2010 29,2 % der Schuler (vgl. Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung fur Migration, Fluchtlinge und Integration, 2012: S. 163-165) an allgemeinbildenden Schulen...
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Deutsch - Padagogik, Didaktik, Sprachwissenschaft, Note: 2,0, Universitat Leipzig, Sprache: Deutsch, Ab...
"This sparkling story of intrepid young women is not just a strike narrative of the Great Depression, but echoes down to our own times. Dana Frank is always on the side of those who are willing to fight " --Nelson Lichtenstein, Director, Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy at the University of California, Santa Barbara
"Frank does an excellent job of creating articulate arguments out of a complex blend of history, economics, and current events."--Library Journal
Woolworth's was the Walmart of the 1930s. The women were exploited and sexually harassed....
"This sparkling story of intrepid young women is not just a strike narrative of the Great Depression, but echoes down to our own times. Dana Frank ...
" Bananeras] is a vital accounting of the struggles still being waged." Margaret Randall, author of When I Look Into the Mirror and See You: Women, Terror, and Resistance
Women banana workers have organized themselves and gained increasing control over their unions, their workplaces, and their lives. Highly accessible and narrative in style, Bananeras recounts the history and growth of this vital movement and shows how Latin American woman workers are shaping and broadly reimagining the possibilities of international labor solidarity.
Dana Frank is a...
" Bananeras] is a vital accounting of the struggles still being waged." Margaret Randall, author of When I Look Into the Mirror and See Y...
