Soapbox Rebellion The Hobo Orator Union and the Free Speech Fights of the Industrial Workers of the World, 1909-1916.
May, Matthew S.
Soapbox Rebellion The Hobo Orator Union and the Free Speech Fights of the Industrial Workers of the World, 1909-1916. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (193 pages) - Rhetoric Culture and Social Critique .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Nothing in Common: Militant Rhetorical History; 2. Sparks from a Live Wire: The Origins of the Free Speech Fights and the Battle of Spokane, 1909-1910; 3. A Class the Masters Fear: Fresno, 1910-1911; 4. A Spectacle of Agitators: San Diego, 1912; 5. Timber-beast Lament: The Everett Massacre, 1916; 6. Orator War Machines and the Will to Revolution; Notes; Glossary of Hobo Terms Used; Works Cited; Index
Soapbox Rebellion, a new critical history of the free speech fights of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), illustrates how the lively and colorful soapbox culture of the "Wobblies" generated novel forms of class struggle. From 1909 to 1916, thousands of IWW members engaged in dozens of fights for freedom of speech throughout the American West. The volatile spread and circulation of hobo agitation during these fights amounted to nothing less than a soapbox rebellion in which public speech became the principal site of the struggle of the few to exploit th.
9780817386962
Industrial Workers of the World--History.
Freedom of speech.
Industrial Workers of the World.
Labor movement.
Radicalism.
Social conflict.
Labor movement--History--United States--20th century.
Radicalism--History.--United States
Social conflict--History.--United States
Freedom of speech--United States.
Electronic Books.
HD8072 / .S637 2013 HD8072
Soapbox Rebellion The Hobo Orator Union and the Free Speech Fights of the Industrial Workers of the World, 1909-1916. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (193 pages) - Rhetoric Culture and Social Critique .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Nothing in Common: Militant Rhetorical History; 2. Sparks from a Live Wire: The Origins of the Free Speech Fights and the Battle of Spokane, 1909-1910; 3. A Class the Masters Fear: Fresno, 1910-1911; 4. A Spectacle of Agitators: San Diego, 1912; 5. Timber-beast Lament: The Everett Massacre, 1916; 6. Orator War Machines and the Will to Revolution; Notes; Glossary of Hobo Terms Used; Works Cited; Index
Soapbox Rebellion, a new critical history of the free speech fights of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), illustrates how the lively and colorful soapbox culture of the "Wobblies" generated novel forms of class struggle. From 1909 to 1916, thousands of IWW members engaged in dozens of fights for freedom of speech throughout the American West. The volatile spread and circulation of hobo agitation during these fights amounted to nothing less than a soapbox rebellion in which public speech became the principal site of the struggle of the few to exploit th.
9780817386962
Industrial Workers of the World--History.
Freedom of speech.
Industrial Workers of the World.
Labor movement.
Radicalism.
Social conflict.
Labor movement--History--United States--20th century.
Radicalism--History.--United States
Social conflict--History.--United States
Freedom of speech--United States.
Electronic Books.
HD8072 / .S637 2013 HD8072