Memorial Day Massacre and the Movement for Industrial Democracy, The
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0230618219
ISBN 13
9780230618213
Category
Labor History
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Publication Year
2010
Publisher
Pages
278
Tags
Little Steel Strike, U.S, 1937, Strikes and lockouts, Chicago, Demonstrations, Illinois, Steel industry, Police brutality, Memorial Day Massacre, Ill, Strikes and lockouts--Steel industry--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century, Demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago, Police brutality--Illinois--Chicago
Description
"This book explores one of the most dramatic and scandalous events in the movement for American democratic reform. Dubbed the Memorial Day Massacre, it saw Chicago police shoot and kill ten demonstrators and beat more than one hundred others as they tried to form a mass picket line at the Republic Steel Plant in South Chicago"--Provided by publisher.
Biblio Notes
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-272) and index.
Introduction: Forgotten memorials -- Fire, steel, and the coming crisis: the 1920s in Chicago and America -- Out of despair -- Hammer and tong: the struggle for steel -- Loading the charge: The steelworkers organize -- Irresistible forces: conflict at Republic Steel -- "Trouble is certain to follow" -- A Sunday to remember -- Counterrevolution: the campaign against industrial democracy -- "A major breakdown of democratic government -- "Ruthlessness and disregard for the law": after the massacre -- "The day is coming ..."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-272) and index.
Introduction: Forgotten memorials -- Fire, steel, and the coming crisis: the 1920s in Chicago and America -- Out of despair -- Hammer and tong: the struggle for steel -- Loading the charge: The steelworkers organize -- Irresistible forces: conflict at Republic Steel -- "Trouble is certain to follow" -- A Sunday to remember -- Counterrevolution: the campaign against industrial democracy -- "A major breakdown of democratic government -- "Ruthlessness and disregard for the law": after the massacre -- "The day is coming ..."
Number of Copies
1
