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The Wobblies: The Story of Syndicalism in the United States
The Wobblies The Story of Syndicalism in the United States Author:Patrick Renshaw "This history of the Industrial Workers of the World by a British journalist... is a new and valuable story of the IWW—the Wobblies as they were known in song and story. Today's disinherited Americans are the authentic living beneficiaries, if not inheritors, of the IWW's efforts to organize the unorganized and to obtain human dignity and econo... more »mic justice for the disinherited... Mr. Renshaw even believes that today's civil rights fighters gained something from that heritage."—James V. Brown in the Library Journal
"For nearly a century now Americans have been writing extensively about British history. English historians are now beginning to contribute significantly to the literature of American history. Mr. Renshaw's eminently readable book is a welcome addition."—Howard H. Quint in the Boston Sunday Globe
"A sensible and penetrating examination of the ways in which dissidence and unpopular opinion brought both negative and positive response from American society... Topical even today." Robert R. Kirsch in Los Angeles Times« less