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  • 30,000 Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago

    by James C. Beeks ...
    "Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago" by James C. Beeks delves into a pivotal moment in labor history, focusing on the massive strike that shook the building trades in Chicago. Beeks meticulously chronicles the events leading up to the strike, highlighting the struggles of workers seeking better wages and working conditions. Through vivid storytelling and thorough ... Read more

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  • The History of American Strikes: 3 Classic Books

    The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons, 30,000 Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago, etc.

    by William Z. Foster, John A. Hall, James C. Beeks ...
    The History of American Strikes: 3 Classic Books is a seminal anthology that traverses the evolution of labor movements in the United States through three profound works. This collection delves into the varied forms of resistance employed by American workers, capturing the ethos of different eras through diverse narrative styles, from riveting firsthand accounts to incisive historical analyses. It ... Read more

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  • 30,000 Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago

    The Impactful Labor Dispute in Chicago's Building Trades

    by James C. Beeks ...
    In "30,000 Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago," James C. Beeks meticulously chronicles a pivotal moment in labor history through a combination of detailed narrative and acute socio-economic analysis. The book explores the multifaceted dynamics of the 1919 strike, which saw over thirty thousand workers from various building trades mobilize against oppressive labor ... Read more

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  • 30,000 Locked Out.

    by James C. Beeks ...
    The attention of the world has been called to the great strike and lockout in the building trades in Chicago because it rested upon the question of individual liberty--a question which is not only vital alike to the employer and the employee, but which affects every industry, every class of people, every city, state and country. It is a principle which antagonizes no motive which has been honestly ... Read more

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  • Profiles in Courage

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    by John F. Kennedy ...
    THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CLASSIC OF POLITICAL INTEGRITYWith a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy and introduction by Caroline KennedyJohn F. Kennedy’s enduring classic resounds with timeless lessons on leadership and the most cherished of virtues—courage and patriotism—and remains a moving, powerful, and relevant testament to the indomitable American spirit.During 1954-55, Kennedy, then a junior ... Read more

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  • Profiles In Courage

    by President John F. Kennedy ...
    This is a book about Courage and Patriotism. It tells the dramatic stories of a number of American politicians of various political and regional allegiances whose one overriding loyalty was to the United States and to the right as God gave them to see it. They range from born aristocrats to self-made men. Some are well-known, some almost forgotten. But all of them, in the face of dreadful ... Read more

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  • Every Man A King

    The Autobiography Of Huey P. Long

    by Huey P. Long ...
    A memoir from the provocative and controversial Louisiana politician known as The Kingfish.With an Introduction by T. Harry Williams, Pulitzer Prize–winning BiographerHuey Long (1893-1935) was one of the most extraordinary American politicians, simultaneously cursed as a dictator and applauded as a benefactor of the masses. A product of the poor north Louisiana hills, he was elected governor of ... Read more

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  • America's First Great Depression

    Economic Crisis and Political Disorder after the Panic of 1837

    by Alasdair Roberts ...
    For a while, it seemed impossible to lose money on real estate. But then the bubble burst. The financial sector was paralyzed and the economy contracted. State and federal governments struggled to pay their domestic and foreign creditors. Washington was incapable of decisive action. The country seethed with political and social unrest. In America's First Great Depression, Alasdair Roberts ... Read more

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  • The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge

    by Calvin Coolidge ...
    Amity Shlaes reclaimed a misunderstood president with her bestselling biography Coolidge.Now she presents an expanded and annotated edition of that president’s masterful memoir.The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge is as unjustly neglected as Calvin Coolidge himself. The man caricatured as “Silent Cal” was a gifted writer. The New York Times called him “the most literary man who has occupied the ... Read more

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  • The Shame of the Cities

    Enriched edition. Unveiling the Rot: Exposing Urban Political Corruption in America's Progressive Era

    by Lincoln Steffens, Levi Calloway ...
    In 'The Shame of the Cities,' Lincoln Steffens embarks on an incisive exploration of urban corruption in the early 20th century, employing a journalistic style that blends vivid anecdote with sociopolitical analysis. This groundbreaking work chronicles the pervasive graft and malfeasance that plagued American municipalities, presenting a series of illuminating case studies from cities such as St. ... Read more

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  • The New South: A Chronicle of Social and industrial Evolution

    by Holland Thompson ...
    The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, ... Read more

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  • The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners

    by Samuel Peter Orth ...
    Three momentous things symbolize the era that begins its cycle with the memorable year of 1776: the Declaration of Independence, the steam engine, and Adam Smith's book, “The Wealth of Nations. ” The Declaration gave birth to a new nation, whose millions of acres of free land were to shift the economic equilibrium of the world; the engine multiplied man's productivity a thousandfold and uprooted ... Read more

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