The Fragile Bridge: Paterson Silk Strike, 1913
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- Synopsis
- In 1913 skilled and unskilled workers in the silk industry of Paterson, New Jersey, joined forces to strike for better wages and working conditions. The International Workers of the World, or IWW, supported the strike, as did a group of left-leaning artists and writers from New York's Greenwich Village. This highly unusual coalition of workers and intellectuals formed the "fragile bridge" of the title, culminating in a spectacular pageant portraying the strike, held in Madison Square Garden. This book tells the story of the strike in rich detail and shows how its ultimate failure led to the collapse of the IWW.
- Copyright:
- 1988
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 306 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780877225348
- Publisher:
- Temple University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 07/09/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Temple University
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Deborah Kent Stein
- Proofread By:
- Dmitry Neronov
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.