Entrée principale:

Walker, Charles R. (Charles Rumford), 1893-1974.

Titre et auteur:

American city; a rank-and-file history, by Charles Rumford Walker.

Publication:

New York, Toronto, Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated [©1937]

Description:

xvii, 278 pages frontispiece, plates, portraits 22 cm

Série(s):

American labor (New York, N.Y.)

Notes:
"This is the 'biography' of one American city ... I have chosen the Northwest and one of its economic capitals, Minneapolis, as the theme ... A large section of the biography has been devoted to the delineation of ... the general truck drivers' strikes of 1934"--Introduction.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278).
I. American city -- II. The golden age of economic empire -- III. Fate of the rank-and-file empire builders -- IV. Political revolt and the war -- V. The Farmer-Labor Party in power -- VI. 1934 : city of tension -- VII. The first challenge -- VIII. Battle in the streets -- IX. Personal lives -- X. Civil war in July -- XI. Three citizens and the fate of a city -- XII. Truce between the past and the present -- XIII. Everyday life -- XIV. The dynamo of change -- XV. Crossroads.

Résumé:

A history of the early years of Minneapolis, Minnesota, including extensive coverage of the Farmer-Labor Party and the trucker's strike of 1934.

ISBN:

0405029489
9780405029486

Sujet:

Truck Drivers' Strike, Minneapolis, Minn., 1934.
Labor movement Minnesota Minneapolis.
Working class Minnesota Minneapolis.
Grève des camionneurs, Minneapolis, Minn., 1934.
Mouvement ouvrier Minnesota Minneapolis.
Travailleurs Minnesota Minneapolis.
Labor movement
Working class
Minneapolis (Minn.)
Minnesota Minneapolis

Classification/genre:

History

Vedettes secondaires:

American labor (New York, N.Y.)

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 19209
Cote: ID:87-B6440
Statut: Disponible