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Strike! : how the furniture workers strike of 1911 changed Grand Rapids / by Jeffrey D. Kleiman.
- Title
- Strike! : how the furniture workers strike of 1911 changed Grand Rapids / by Jeffrey D. Kleiman.
- Author
- Kleiman, Jeff
- Publication
- Grand Rapids, MI : Grand Rapids Historical Commission, c2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HD9773.U63 G7355 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Grand Rapids Historical Commission.
- Description
- vi, 165 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Alternative Title
- How the furniture workers strike of 1911 changed Grand Rapids
- Subject
- 1911
- Furniture industry and trade > Michigan > Grand Rapids > History
- Strikes and lockouts > Michigan > Grand Rapids > History
- Working class > Michigan > Grand Rapids > History
- Labor movement > Michigan > Grand Rapids > History
- Furniture Workers' Strike, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1911
- Grand Rapids (Mich.) > History
- Grand Rapids (Mich.) > Social conditions
- Grand Rapids (Mich.) > Economic conditions
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p.[151]-156) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Our town: businessmen, bankers and the pursuit of control -- The city's divided workers: religion, property, and ethnic loyalties -- Leadership in transition: selecting mayor and minister -- Collective bargaining and the right to strike: the matter of control -- Riot and reaction: the failure of class-based action -- A lesser democracy: businessmen, bankers, and reform government 1912-1916 -- A league of their own: businessmen, bankers and the limits of control -- Bibliography.
- ISBN
- 097790430X
- 9780977904303
- OCLC
- 67612841
- SCSB-11680449
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library