Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
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- Synopsis
- This &“outstanding history&” of the 1911 disaster that changed the course of 20th-century politics and labor relations &“is social history at its best&” (Kevin Baker, The New York Times Book Review).New York City, 1911. As the workday was about to end, a fire broke out in the Triangle shirtwaist factory of Greenwich Village. Within minutes it consumed the building&’s upper three stories. Firemen were powerless to rescue those trapped inside: their ladders simply weren&’t tall enough. People on the street watched in horror as desperate workers jumped to their deaths. Triangle is both a harrowing chronicle of the Triangle shirtwaist fire and a vibrant portrait of an era. It follows the waves of Jewish and Italian immigration that supplied New York City&’s garment factories with cheap, mostly female labor. It portrays the Dickensian work conditions that led to a massive waist-worker&’s strike in which an unlikely coalition of socialists, socialites, and suffragettes took on bosses, police, and magistrates. And it shows how a public outcry over the fire led to an unprecedented alliance between labor reformers and Tammany Hall politicians. With a memorable cast of characters, including J.P. Morgan&’s blue-blooded activist daughter Anne, and political king maker Charles F. Murphy, as well as the many workers who lost their lives in the fire, Triangle presents a dramatic account of early 20th century New York and the events that gave rise to urban liberalism. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book
- Copyright:
- 2003
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 381 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780802195258
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780802141514
- Publisher:
- Grove Atlantic
- Date of Addition:
- 07/10/23
- Copyrighted By:
- David Von Drehle
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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