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tomrrandall's review against another edition
4.0
Great overview, with a strong focus on the underappreciated connections to racial justice, feminist, and LGBT movements.
henrismum's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Non-series / Non-fiction
Audiobook (All of my entries on The Story Graph are audiobooks.)
Why I added this book to my TBR pile: This is part of the research for my mystery book. Lucky for me it was recently released on audio and available at Hoopla.
Will I read moreby this author / about this subject? Probably Not Maybe Definitely I still have a lot to learn.
The beginning of this book was good and offered theory. Once I got past the 1930s (the time I'm interested in), the narrative seemed to be just a list of strikes. I listened to the last several hours at 1.2 speed, so that may have added to the monotony.
The narrator was Holly Adams. Good job.
Source: Hoopla
Audiobook (All of my entries on The Story Graph are audiobooks.)
Why I added this book to my TBR pile: This is part of the research for my mystery book. Lucky for me it was recently released on audio and available at Hoopla.
Will I read more
The beginning of this book was good and offered theory. Once I got past the 1930s (the time I'm interested in), the narrative seemed to be just a list of strikes. I listened to the last several hours at 1.2 speed, so that may have added to the monotony.
The narrator was Holly Adams. Good job.
Source: Hoopla
somestuff's review against another edition
4.0
really comprehensive I learned a lot. though sometimes it feels like a list of strikes that occurred and unions that have existed in the US it is an incredible reference and gives you a sense of how vast the history of labor is in this country. Also the epilogue of the 2018 version hits really hard talking about how 8 people own the same amount of wealth as 50% of the worlds population + the out of the top 100 economies in the world only 31 are countries the rest are corporations (boo).
“Our political system is a cesspool of corruption the Trump administration may have carried self dealing to new heights, but neoliberalism had already encouraged kleptocracy ruled by thieves. By insisting that when an opportunity for private profit is identified it must be exploited. The claim that the free market provides the best approach to any worthwhile project fails the reality test, yet most politicians treat it as gospel. While hunger and homelessness remain a part of the american landscape, our government finds the money to station troops on every continent and maintain a gigantic arsenal of nuclear and conventional weapons that can surely not do the world any good. Certainly that money could be better spent on better things… to update water systems the electrical power grid airports and seaports would cost at least 225billion.” Love how the ending really doesn’t pull punches.
“Our political system is a cesspool of corruption the Trump administration may have carried self dealing to new heights, but neoliberalism had already encouraged kleptocracy ruled by thieves. By insisting that when an opportunity for private profit is identified it must be exploited. The claim that the free market provides the best approach to any worthwhile project fails the reality test, yet most politicians treat it as gospel. While hunger and homelessness remain a part of the american landscape, our government finds the money to station troops on every continent and maintain a gigantic arsenal of nuclear and conventional weapons that can surely not do the world any good. Certainly that money could be better spent on better things… to update water systems the electrical power grid airports and seaports would cost at least 225billion.” Love how the ending really doesn’t pull punches.
cloudss's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
3.75
national labor movement history. names and dates major happenings for labor in the US.
& this is not a short book but somehow I wanted it to be longer. it names all the things that happened, but is more encyclopedia like than I was expecting.
states this strike was won or lost but not how that effected the union members themselves, mostly just the unions power as a whole
political history or labor not a cultural one
& this is not a short book but somehow I wanted it to be longer. it names all the things that happened, but is more encyclopedia like than I was expecting.
states this strike was won or lost but not how that effected the union members themselves, mostly just the unions power as a whole
political history or labor not a cultural one
bea_pants's review against another edition
This is really more of an American history book with some Labor history thrown in. Overall, it's a good idea but the execution is lacking.