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5 produkter
Finns in Michigan
Häftad, 2009
353 kr
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In Finns in Michigan Gary Kaunonen probes the intricacies of immigration, labor, and ideology among the members of this intriguing and historically important ethnic group. He skillfully traces the evolution of a vibrant, diverse, dramatic, and at times deeply quarrelsome people who left an …
Challenge Accepted
A Finnish Immigrant Response to Industrial America in Michigan's Copper Country
Häftad, 2010
936 kr
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The copper mines of Michigan's Copper Country, in the Upper Peninsula, were active for 150 years, from 1845 until 1995. Many of the mine workers attempted to unionize, in order to obtain better working conditions, wages, and hours.The Michigan miners were unsuccessful in their struggles with mine …
Flames of Discontent
The 1916 Minnesota Iron Ore Strike
Inbunden, 2017
1157 kr
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On June 2, 1916, forty mostly immigrant mineworkers at the St. James Mine in Aurora, Minnesota, walked off the job. This seemingly small labor disturbance would mushroom into one of the regions, if not the nations, most contentious and significant battles between organized labor and management in …
Flames of Discontent
The 1916 Minnesota Iron Ore Strike
Häftad, 2017
280 kr
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On June 2, 1916, forty mostly immigrant mineworkers at the St. James Mine in Aurora, Minnesota, walked off the job. This seemingly small labor disturbance would mushroom into one of the regions, if not the nations, most contentious and significant battles between organized labor and management in …
Community in Conflict
A Working-class History of the 1913-14 Michigan Copper Strike and the Italian Hall Tragedy
Av Gary Kaunonen, Aaron Goings
Häftad, 2013
982 kr
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A mirror of great changes that were occurring on the national labor rights scene, the 1913–14 Michigan Copper Strike was a time of unprecedented social upheaval in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. With organized labor taking an aggressive stance against the excesses of unfettered capitalism, the stage …
