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100 1 _aMay, Matthew S.
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245 1 0 _aSoapbox Rebellion
_bThe Hobo Orator Union and the Free Speech Fights of the Industrial Workers of the World, 1909-1916.
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260 _aTuscaloosa :
_bUniversity of Alabama Press,
_c(c)2013.
300 _a1 online resource (193 pages)
336 _atext
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aRhetoric Culture and Social Critique
500 _aDescription based upon print version of record.
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505 0 0 _aList 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
520 0 _aSoapbox 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.
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650 4 _aFreedom of speech.
650 4 _aIndustrial Workers of the World.
650 4 _aLabor movement.
650 4 _aRadicalism.
650 4 _aSocial conflict.
610 2 0 _aIndustrial Workers of the World
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650 0 _aLabor movement
_zUnited States
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_y20th century.
650 0 _aRadicalism
_zUnited States
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650 0 _aSocial conflict
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aFreedom of speech
_zUnited States.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell