Rank and File [Haymarket Classics]
Personal Histories by Working-Class Organizers
Haymarket Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 2. March 2027
Book
Paperback/Softback
442 pages
979-8-88890-962-1 (ISBN)
Description
In this oral history classic, Alice and Staughton Lynd chronicle the stories of more than two dozen working-class organizers who occupied factories, held sit-down strikes, walked out, picketed, and found other bold and innovative ways to fight for workers' rights.
Rank and File brings the militancy of these firebrand organizers to life, recounting how they challenged safety violations, management intimidation, and sexism and racism on the job; founded unions; and worked for broader social change.
Rank and File brings the militancy of these firebrand organizers to life, recounting how they challenged safety violations, management intimidation, and sexism and racism on the job; founded unions; and worked for broader social change.
Reviews / Votes
"One of the best works of oral history produced by radical historians. . . . For readers who want to see an alternative view to social trade union history, in which labor leaders take the center stage, Rank and File is the place to begin. These personal histories of rank-and-file organizers show how ordinary working-class men and women made their own history."-The Nation
"The stories, which are replete with heroism, double-dealing, hope, and su ering, make a vital contribution to an understanding of American labor's struggle for recognition and united strength."
-Library Journal
"A skillful compilation of interviews with working-class organizers . . . not just an oral history, but a chronicle of modern political events ignored in mainstream labor history and journalistic commentary. e value lies in what it will tell future generations about today."
-History Workshop Journal
"The first serious installment in . . . radical labor history."
-Labor History
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
979-8-88890-962-1 (9798888909621)
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Persons
Jessie Wilkerson is a writer and historian from East Tennessee. She is an associate professor of history at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and is the author of To Live Here, You Have to Fight: How Women Led Appalachian Movements for Social Justice, winner of the H.L Mitchell Award for distinguished book on the history of the southern working class. In 2021, she was awarded a Carnegie Fellowship