Doing History from the Bottom Up
On E.P. Thompson, Howard Zinn, and Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below
Published on 4. June 2021
202 pages
978-1-60846-453-1 (ISBN)
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Reflections on the crucial importance of including the perspectives of the marginalized and the non-elite in our historical accounts.
In the 1960s, historians on both sides of the Atlantic began to challenge the assumptions of their colleagues and push for an understanding of history "from below." In this collection of writings, Staughton Lynd, one of the pioneers of this approach, laments the passing of fellow luminaries David Montgomery, E.P. Thompson, Alfred Young, and Howard Zinn; offers an account of the decline of trade unionism based on the narratives of workers and his efforts as a lawyer to assist them; and makes the case that contemporary academics and activists alike should take more seriously the stories and perspectives of Native Americans, slaves, rank-and-file workers, and other still-too-frequently marginalized voices.
In the 1960s, historians on both sides of the Atlantic began to challenge the assumptions of their colleagues and push for an understanding of history "from below." In this collection of writings, Staughton Lynd, one of the pioneers of this approach, laments the passing of fellow luminaries David Montgomery, E.P. Thompson, Alfred Young, and Howard Zinn; offers an account of the decline of trade unionism based on the narratives of workers and his efforts as a lawyer to assist them; and makes the case that contemporary academics and activists alike should take more seriously the stories and perspectives of Native Americans, slaves, rank-and-file workers, and other still-too-frequently marginalized voices.
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Doing History From The Bottom Up
On E.P. Thompson, Howard Zinn, and Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below
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Staughton Lynd received a BA from Harvard, an MA and PhD from Columbia, and a JD from the University of Chicago. He taught American history at Spelman College in Atlanta, where one of his students was the future Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alice Walker, and at Yale University. Staughton served as director of Freedom Schools in the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964, and has written or edited numerous books.
Content
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgments
Part I. Mentors and Exemplars
Introduction
E.P. Thompson: In Memoriam
Edward Thompson's Warrens
Howard Zinn
The Ex-Bombardier
Overcoming Racism
A People's History
Working-Class Self-Activity
Part II. Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below
Introduction
Guerrilla History in Gary
"Your Dog Don't Bark No More"
The Possibility of Radicalism in the Early 1930s: The Case of Steel
Local 1330 v. U.S. Steel
"We Are All We've Got": Building a Retiree Movement in Youngstown, Ohio
Solidarity Unionism
Conclusion: "We Are All Leaders"
Afterword
Index
Preface and Acknowledgments
Part I. Mentors and Exemplars
Introduction
E.P. Thompson: In Memoriam
Edward Thompson's Warrens
Howard Zinn
The Ex-Bombardier
Overcoming Racism
A People's History
Working-Class Self-Activity
Part II. Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below
Introduction
Guerrilla History in Gary
"Your Dog Don't Bark No More"
The Possibility of Radicalism in the Early 1930s: The Case of Steel
Local 1330 v. U.S. Steel
"We Are All We've Got": Building a Retiree Movement in Youngstown, Ohio
Solidarity Unionism
Conclusion: "We Are All Leaders"
Afterword
Index
