Wobblies on the waterfront : interracial unionism in progressive-era Philadelphia / Peter Cole.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Working class in American history.
Main Author: Cole, Peter, 1969-
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2007], ©2007.
Series:Working class in American history.
Subjects:
Industrial Workers of the World > History.
Stevedores > Labor unions > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Labor unions > Social aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Race relations > History.
Physical Description:x, 227 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : in search of Local 8
  • Philadelphia : "the workship of the world"
  • Wobblies take the docks
  • There is power in a union
  • War on the waterfront
  • Onward one big union?
  • Riding the wave of postwar militancy : the 1920 strike
  • The Philadelphia controversy
  • Quakertown blues : the lockout of 1922
  • Conclusion : towards radical egalitarianism.