| All-American Anarchist: Joseph A. Labadie and the Labor Movement Contributor(s): Anderson, Carlotta R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814327079 ISBN-13: 9780814327074 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1998 Annotation: All-American Anarchist chronicles the life and work of Joseph A. Labadie (1850-1933), Detroit's prominent labor organizer and one of early labor's most influential activists. A dynamic participant in the major social reform movements of the Gilded Age, Labadie was a central figure in the pervasive struggle for a new social order as the American Midwest underwent rapid industrialization at the end of the nineteenth century. This engaging biography follows Labadie's colorful career from a childhood among a Pottawatomi tribe in the Michigan woods through his local and national involvement in a maze of late nineteenth-century labor and reform activities, including participation in the Socialist Labor party, Knights of Labor, Greenback movement, trades councils, typographical union, eight-hour-day campaigns, and the rise of the American Federation of Labor. In writing this biography of her grandfather, Carlotta R. Anderson consulted the renowned Labadie Collection at the University of Michigan, a unique collection of protest literature which extensively documents pivotal times in American labor history and radical history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 97042353 |
| Series: Great Lakes Books (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.35" W x 9.31" (1.40 lbs) 324 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 1920's - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Michigan |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This biography chronicles the life and work of Joseph A. Labadie (1850-1933) - Detroit's prominent labour organizer and one of the early movement's most influential activists. The author follows Labadie's life from his childhood among a Pottawatomi tribe through his involvement in reform activism. |