The red thread the Passaic textile strike / Jacob A. Zumoff.
| Author/creator | Zumoff, Jacob A. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021] |
| Description | x, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Passaic, New Jersey -- The strike begins -- The communist party and the start of the Passaic strike -- Bringing Passaic to the labor movement -- Enter the politicians -- Repression and class-struggle defense -- Building relief and solidarity -- Women, the family, and the Passaic strike -- The end of the strike -- After the strike. |
| Abstract | "This book tells the story of 15,000 wool workers who went on strike for more than a year, defying police violence and hunger. The strikers were mainly immigrants and half were women. The Passaic textile strike, the first time that the Communist Party led a mass workers' struggle in the United States, captured the nation's imagination and came to symbolize the struggle of workers throughout the country when the labor movement as a whole was in decline during the conservative, pro-business 1920s. Although the strike was defeated, many of the methods and tactics of the Passaic strike presaged the struggles for industrial unions a decade later in the Great Depression"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references pages 175-220) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020043346 |
| ISBN | 9781978809895 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781978809901 (cloth) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (mobi) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |