The Great Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912: New Scholarship on the Bread & Roses Strike

by Charles Levenstein, Robert Forrant, Jurg Siegenthaler

"In Lawrence, Massachusetts, fully one-half of the population 14 years of age or over is employed in the woolen and worsted mills and cotton mills". Thus begins the federal government's Report on Strike of Textile Workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912 . This book follows up, one hundred years later. The story's retelling offers readers an exciting reexamination of just how powerful a united working class can be. The Great Lawrence Textile Strike...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895038625
• ISBN13: 9780895038623
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"