Bread and Roses
Author: Watson, Bruce
ISBN: 9780143037354
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 25 Jul 2006
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback / softback
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, b>Bread and Roses/b> is indispensable reading.
ISBN: 9780143037354
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 25 Jul 2006
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback / softback
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, b>Bread and Roses/b> is indispensable reading.
