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Author | : Robert W. Cherny |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2023-01-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0252053796 |
The iconic leader of one of America’s most powerful unions, Harry Bridges put an indelible stamp on the twentieth century labor movement. Robert Cherny’s monumental biography tells the life story of the figure who built the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) into a labor powerhouse that still represents almost 30,000 workers. An Australian immigrant, Bridges worked the Pacific Coast docks. His militant unionism placed him at the center of the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike and spurred him to expand his organizing activities to warehouse laborers and Hawaiian sugar and pineapple workers. Cherny examines the overall effectiveness of Bridges as a union leader and the decisions and traits that made him effective. Cherny also details the price paid by Bridges as the US government repeatedly prosecuted him for his left-wing politics. Drawing on personal interviews with Bridges and years of exhaustive research, Harry Bridges places an extraordinary individual and the ILWU within the epic history of twentieth-century labor radicalism.
Author | : Robert W. Cherny |
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Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Labor unions |
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Author | : Rod Koon |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2023-07-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467109843 |
Given a huge economic boost in 1873 when the Northern Pacific Railroad chose it as the western terminus of its transcontinental line, Tacoma emerged as a bustling port city by the late 1800s. In 1918, Pierce County residents voted to create the publicly owned Port of Tacoma, which started out on 240 acres in Tacoma's Tideflats. Throughout its history, the port has made strategic investments to develop shipping terminals, waterways, and industrial lands to serve as an "economic engine" for the region. Today, the Port of Tacoma encompasses 2,450 acres and is one of the leading container ports in North America. In 2018, port-related activities connected to more than 42,000 jobs in Pierce County.
Author | : Herbert Hunt |
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Total Pages | : 740 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Tacoma (Wash.) |
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Author | : Chandler O'Leary |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-10-11 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1632170574 |
A national bestseller, this lushly illustrated book is an inclusive celebration of inspiring women who transformed the world and created social change. Dead Feminists is a gorgeously illustrated letterpress-inspired book showcasing feminist history with a vision for a better future. Based on the beloved letterpress poster series of the same name, this book brings feminist history to life, profiling 27 unforgettable forebears of the modern women’s movement such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Gwendolyn Brooks, Rachel Carson, and more. Across eras and industries, passions and geographies, this collection of diverse, progressive, and perseverant women faced what looked like insurmountable odds and yet, still, they persisted. Dead Feminists, which features a foreword by Jill Lepore, author of The Secret History of Wonder Woman, is an illuminating and innovative reminder that women can be extraordinary agents of change. The future is female, but in many ways so is the past. Dead Feminists takes feminist inspiration to a new level of artistry and shows how ordinary and extraordinary women have made a difference throughout history (and how you can too). Featured Feminists: Adina De Zavala Alice Paul Annie Oakley Babe Zaharias Eleanor Roosevelt Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Zimmerman Emma Goldman Fatima al-Fihri Gwendolyn Brooks Harriet Tubman Imogen Cunningham Jane Mecom Marie Curie Queen Lili’uokalani Rachel Carson Rywka Lipszyc Sadako Sasaki Sappho Sarojini Naidu Shirley Chisholm Thea Foss Virginia Woolf Washington State Suffragists
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Total Pages | : 672 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Telephone |
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Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs |
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Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Indians of North America |
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Total Pages | : 802 |
Release | : 1996 |
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Author | : Tacoma (Wash.). City Planning Commission |
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Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : City planning |
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Author | : Tacoma (Wash.) |
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Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Municipal services |
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