{"product_id":"dynamite-the-story-of-class-violence-in-america-1830-1930-9781904859741","title":"Dynamite: The Story of Class Violence in America, 1830-1930","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e AK Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781904859741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Louis Adamic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52750006026421,"sku":"9781904859741","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dynamite-the-story-of-class-violence-in-america-1830-1930-9781904859741","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}