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Bread and Roses by Bruce Watson

Bread and Roses

Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream

Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream

By Bruce Watson

By Bruce Watson

By Bruce Watson

By Bruce Watson

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    About Bread and Roses

    On January 12, 1912, an army of textile workers stormed out of the mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, commencing what has since become known as the “Bread and Roses” strike. Based on newspaper accounts, magazine reportage, and oral histories, Watson reconstructs a Dickensian drama involving thousands of parading strikers from fifty-one nations, unforgettable acts of cruelty, and even a protracted murder trial that tested the boundaries of free speech. A rousing look at a seminal and overlooked chapter of the past, Bread and Roses is indispensable reading.

    About Bread and Roses

    On January 12, 1912, an army of textile workers stormed out of the mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, commencing what has since become known as the “Bread and Roses” strike. Based on newspaper accounts, magazine reportage, and oral histories, Watson reconstructs a Dickensian drama involving thousands of parading strikers from fifty-one nations, unforgettable acts of cruelty, and even a protracted murder trial that tested the boundaries of free speech. A rousing look at a seminal and overlooked chapter of the past, Bread and Roses is indispensable reading.

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    About Bruce Watson

    Bruce Watson is an award-winning journalist whose articles have been published in Smithsonian, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Examiner, Yankee Magazine, and The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003.

    About Bruce Watson

    Bruce Watson is an award-winning journalist whose articles have been published in Smithsonian, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Examiner, Yankee Magazine, and The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003.

    Product Details

    Category: 20th Century U.S. History | Politics

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jul 25, 2006 | 368 Pages | 5-1/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780143037354

    Category: 20th Century U.S. History | Politics

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jul 25, 2006 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9781440649264

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    Table Of Contents

    Bread and RosesIntroduction

    BOOK ONE

    Chapter One:

    For Two Hours’ Pay
    Chapter Two: Immigrant City
    Chapter Three: The Battle of the Merrimack
    Chapter Four: Stars, Stripes, and Bayonets
    Chapter Five: Dynamite
    Chapter Six: Spinning Out of Control

    BOOK TWO

    Chapter Seven:

    A Nation Divided
    Chapter Eight: The Children’s Exodus
    Chapter Nine: Crackdown
    Chapter Ten: In Congress, 1912
    Chapter Eleven: An American Tapestry
    Chapter Twelve: “The Flag of Liberty Is Here”

    Epilogue

    Acknowledgments
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index

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