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  • Organizing America

    Stories of Americans Who Fought for Justice

    by Erik Loomis ...
    From the acclaimed author of A History of America in Ten Strikes, a sweeping account of the impact of organizers on United States historyWe are living through a time when real social change seems to be in the rearview mirror. But this rousing new book offers a beacon of hope: the stories of organizers who have shown America the way forward in the darkest of times.Author of the celebrated A History ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of America in Ten Strikes

    by Erik Loomis ...
    **Recommended by The Nation, the New Republic, Current Affairs, Bustle, *In These TimesAn “entertaining, tough-minded, and strenuously argued” (The Nation) account of ten moments when workers fought to change the balance of power in America*“A brilliantly recounted American history through the prism of major labor struggles, with critically important lessons for those who seek a better future for ... Read more

    $13.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of America in Ten Strikes

    by Erik Loomis ...
    **Recommended by The Nation, the New Republic, Current Affairs, Bustle, In These TimesAn "entertaining, tough-minded, and strenuously argued" ( The Nation) account of ten moments when workers fought to change the balance of power in America"A brilliantly recounted American history through the prism of major labor struggles, with critically important lessons for those who seek a better future for ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Out of Sight

    The Long and Disturbing Story of Corporations Outsourcing Catastrophe

    by Erik Loomis ...
    A provocative analysis of labor, globalization, and environmental harm by the award-winning historian and author of A History of America in Ten Strikes.In the current state of our globalized economy, corporations have no incentive to protect their workers or the environment. Jobs moves seamlessly across national borders while the laws that protect us from rapacious behavior remain bound by them. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Where Are the Workers?

    Labor's Stories at Museums and Historic Sites

    by Jim Beauchesne, Rebekah Bryer, Rebecca Bush, Conor Casey, Rachel Donaldson, Kathleen Flynn, Elijah Gaddis, Susan Grabski, Amanda Kay Gustin, Karen Lane, Rob Linné, Erik Loomis, Tom MacMillan, Lou Martin, Scott McLaughlin, Kristin O'Brassill-Kulfan, Karen Sieber, Katrina Windon ...
    Series series Working Class in American History
    The labor movement in the United States is a bulwark of democracy and a driving force for social and economic equality. Yet its stories remain largely unknown to Americans. Robert Forrant and Mary Anne Trasciatti edit a collection of essays focused on nationwide efforts to propel the history of labor and working people into mainstream narratives of US history. In Part One, the contributors ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Empire of Timber

    Labor Unions and the Pacific Northwest Forests

    by Erik Loomis ...
    Series series Studies in Environment and History
    The battles to protect ancient forests and spotted owls in the Northwest splashed across the evening news in the 1980s and early 1990s. Empire of Timber re-examines this history to demonstrate that workers used their unions to fight for a healthy workplace environment and sustainable logging practices that would allow themselves and future generations the chance to both work and play in the ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Audiobook

    History of America in Ten Strikes, A

    by Erik Loomis ...
    Narrated by Brian Troxell ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 17 min

    A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018Named one of the “5 Books About Famous Strikes That Demonstrated the Historical Importance of Civil Disobedience” by Bustle“Loomis refuses to romanticize this period or the labor movement it produced. . . . What Loomis’s book perhaps does best is remind us that the promise of the labor movement, despite its many failures and compromises, has always been to make ... Read more

    $35.99 USD