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1st ed. |
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xii, 639 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-628) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Joe Hill and his union -- The ABC of the IWW : revolutionary industrial unionism -- Conflicting views of IWW history -- The hobo contribution to critical theory and the origins of the wobbly counterculture -- Joe Hill : the problem of biography -- "Born on a planet called earth" : a sketch of the life of a footloose wobbly -- Ester Dahl : Joe Hill?s sister |
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Pt. II. The wobbly bard -- Songs to wise up the slaves -- A "one big union" of poets |
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Pt. III. A free-spirited internationalist -- From Swedish immigrant to citizen of the world -- "The pleasure of fighting under the red flag" : Joe Hill and the Mexican revolution -- The fraser river strike : the IWW bard in Canada -- More mysteries of a hobo?s life : fellow worker hill on the Honolulu run -- "Don?t sing ?My country tis of thee?" : Joe Hill?s internationalism |
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Pt. IV. A classic case of frame-up -- Why was Joe Hill arrested? -- Red scare : why and how the police and the press stir up fear and hated -- Convicting the innocent, encouraging the guilty -- The mystery woman -- "Do something to save the life of Joe Hill" : the defense committee swings into action -- The international defense -- 19 November 1915 : a case of judicial murder -- Responses to the execution -- Two funerals, unending memorials |
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Pt. V. Joe Hill and the arts -- A painting by Joe Hill -- Joe Hill, IWW cartoonist -- A class-war humorist -- The wobbly art of parody -- Carl Michael Bellman and Joe Hill?s favorite song -- Joe Hill, composer -- Songs, music, and cartoons : reflections on scribbling -- Pie in the sky -- "I have lived like an artist" |
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Pt. VI. Joe Hill myths -- Superman, saint, and savior -- Remorseless scoundrel, devil incarnate -- One man?s Joe Hill myth : John Maata retells the story as he remembered it |
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Pt. VII. The IWW and the white problem -- One big union : a challenge to white supremacy -- Another look at "Scissor Bill," or good intentions are not enough -- Redeeming the earth from private property : the IWW and Native Americans -- The importance of Chinese cooking in the history of IWW -- In the abolitionist tradition : wobblies against whiteness -- Race, class, and the Titanic : looking at a Joe Hill cartoon -- Joe Hill and Ben Fletcher -- Toward the new abolitionism : George Seldes and Ray Sprigle |
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Pt. VIII. women wobblies and wobbly feminism -- Joe Hill, The rebel girl, and rebel women -- The strange case of Agnes Thecla fair |
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Pt. IX. wobblies versus "sky pilots" -- Joe Hill, the IWW and religion -- The Mormon influence in the Hill case -- Ammon Hennacy and the Salt Lake City Joe Hill house of hospitality -- Part X : cops and wobblies : law, crime, prison, and the struggle for workingclass emancipation -- How criminalizing the IWW helped gangsterize the U.S.A. -- Wobblies as critics of the "injustice system" -- Axel Steele : the union-busting thug as law enforcer -- Part XI : wobblies versus Stalinism -- Contributions to a critique of a comical party -- The communists and Joe Hill -- Part XII : wobblies and wilderness -- Joe Hill and the IWW as forerunner of earth first! and eco-socialism |
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Hill, Joe, 1879-1915.
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Industrial Workers of the World -- History.
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Working class -- United States -- History.
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Labor movement -- United States -- History.
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Hill, Joe, 1879-1915 (OCoLC)fst00116405
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Industrial Workers of the World. (OCoLC)fst00545991
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Labor movement. (OCoLC)fst00990079
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Working class. (OCoLC)fst01180418
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0882862642 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780882862644 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0882862650 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780882862651 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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