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Joe Hill : the IWW & the making of a revolutionary workingclass counterculture
- Title
- Joe Hill : the IWW & the making of a revolutionary workingclass counterculture / Franklin Rosemont ; introduction by David Roediger.
- Author
- Rosemont, Franklin
- Publication
- Oakland, CA : PM Press, 2015
- ©2015
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HD8073.H55 R67 2015 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Roediger, David R.
- Description
- xiv, 639 pages : illustrations (black and white); 23 cm
- Summary
- A monumental work, expansive in scope, covering the life, times, and culture of that most famous of the Wobblies--songwriter, poet, hobo, thinker, humorist, martyr--Joe Hill. It is a journey into the Wobbly culture that made Hill and the capitalist culture that killed him. Many aspects of the life and lore of Joe Hill receive their first and only discussion in IWW historian Franklin Rosemont's opus. In great detail, the issues that Joe Hill raised and grappled with in his life: capitalism, white supremacy, gender, religion, wilderness, law, prison, and industrial unionism are shown in both the context of Hill's life and for their enduring relevance in the century since his death. Collected too is Joe Hill's art, plus scores of other images featuring Hill-inspired art by IWW illustrators from Ralph Chaplin to Carlos Cortez, as well as contributions from many other labor artists. As Rosemont suggests in this remarkable book, Joe Hill never really died. He lives in the minds of young (and old) rebels as long as his songs are sung, his ideas are circulated, and his political descendants keep fighting for a better day. -- taken from back cover.
- Subject
- Note
- This edition first published in Canada in 2015 by Between the Lines.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-628) and index.
- Original Version (note)
- Originally published
- Contents
- I. Joe Hill & his union -- II. The Wobbly bard -- III. A free-spirited internationalist -- IV. A classic case of frame-up -- V. Joe Hill & the arts -- VI. Joe Hill myths -- VII. The IWW & the white problem -- VIII. Women Wobblies & Wobbly feminism -- iX. Wobblies versus "sky pilots" -- X. Cops & Wobblies : law, crime, prison & the struggle for workingclass emancipation -- XI. Wobblies versus Stalinism -- XII. Wobblies & Wilderness -- XIII. Joe Hill, the Wobblies & the beat generation -- XIV. Wobbly poetics in theory & practice -- XV. The IWW counterculture & vernacular surrealism -- XVI. "Yours for a change -- Conclusion -- Envoi.
- ISBN
- 9781629631196
- 1629631191
- LCCN
- 2015930903
- OCLC
- ocn907651739
- SCSB-1838468
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library