| American City: A Rank and File History of Minneapolis Contributor(s): Walker, Charles Rumford (Author), Wingerd, Mary Lethert (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0816646074 ISBN-13: 9780816646074 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $18.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2005 Annotation: In the spring of 1934, a small group of militant union organizers led Minneapolis truckers on a series of strikes that sought to break the city's antiunion grip. The striking truckers, in protest of scab workers, took to the streets of the city's warehouse district where they faced violent opposition from the police and members of the Citizen's Alliance, a group representing Minneapolis's business community. The conflict exploded when police fired on the unarmed strikers, killing four and injuring countless others. The events surrounding Bloody Friday shifted the balance of power between labor and business in Minneapolis and proved to be a significant victory for the labor movement nationwide, contributing to the ratification of the landmark National Labor Relations Act. When first published in 1937, Charles Rumford Walker's American City was praised as an evenhanded portrayal of the truckers' strike. Focusing on the personal experiences of the participants, Walker recounts the interests, motives, and passions on both sides of the conflict, capturing the heated emotions of those involved. He offers a vivid account of a period that transformed Minneapolis and forged the way for workers' rights nationwide. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 977.657 |
| LCCN: 2005004844 |
| Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Books (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.6" W x 8.06" (0.87 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |