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How many machine guns does it take to cook one meal? : the Seattle and San Francisco general strikes /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Victoria L. (Victoria Lee)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Labor movement > United States > History > 20th century.
Working class > United States > History > 20th century.
Strikes and lockouts > United States > History > 20th century.
General Strike, San Francisco, Calif., 1934.
General Strike, Seattle, Wash., 1919.
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Table of Contents:
  • New wine in old bottles: rethinking American exceptionalism
  • "A new power and a new world": the Seattle General Strike, 1919
  • "To organize and control the job": the San Francisco General Strike, 1934
  • Explaining general strikes: the instrumentality of culture
  • The making of moral certitude: institutions, identities, and resonance.