{"product_id":"dynamite-the-story-of-class-violence-in-america-1830-1930-paperback","title":"Dynamite: The Story of Class Violence in America, 1830-1930 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouis Adamic\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMike Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDynamite\u003c\/i\u003e harkens back to an era of American capitalism a little less glossy, a little bloodier, and with striking parallels to today.\"--\u003ci\u003eFeminist Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLabor disputes have produced more violence over a longer period of time in the United States than in any other industrialized country in the world. From the 1890s to the 1930s, hardly a year passed without a serious--and often deadly--clash between workers and management. Written in the 1930s, and with a new introduction by Mike Davis, \u003ci\u003eDynamite\u003c\/i\u003e recounts a fascinating and largely forgotten history of class and labor struggle in America's industrial beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the story of brutal exploitation, massacres, and judicial murders of the workers. It is also the story of their response: when peaceful strikes yielded no results, workers fought back by any means necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouis Adamic has written the classic story of labor conflict in America, detailing many episodes of labor violence, including the Molly Maguires, the Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Colorado Labor Wars, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e bombing, as well as the case of Sacco and Vanzetti.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouis Adamic\u003c\/b\u003e emigrated from Slovenia when he was fifteen years old and quickly joined the American labor force. The author of eleven books, he is now recognized as a great figure in early twentieth-century American literature. He was found shot to death in a burning farmhouse in 1954.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Jon Bekken, co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Industrial Workers of the World: Its First Hundred Years, 1905-2005\u003c\/i\u003e and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eAnarcho-Syndicalist Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouis Adamic (1898-1951) was one of the best-known ethnic American authors of the twentieth century. His politics, firmly on the left, were always controversial. In circumstances that remain a mystery, in 1951, Adamic was found shot dead in his burning farmhouse in Milford, New Jersey. A former meatcutter and long-distance truck driver, Mike Davis teaches urban theory and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. He is the author Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb and City of Quartz. He lives in San Diego.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 380\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53815154311501,"sku":"9781904859741","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/nqorX_qDBb9781904859741.webp?v=1777625418","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/dynamite-the-story-of-class-violence-in-america-1830-1930-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}