Author: Warren HapgoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
The Hapgood Family
Author: Warren HapgoodFrom Harvard to the Ranks of Labor
Author: Robert BusselPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271043371
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
During the first half of the twentieth century, many young intellectuals and reformers sympathized with the aspirations of working people and supported the struggles of the labor movement. Powers Hapgood (1899&–1949) was one of the most colorful and recognizable symbols of this crucial historical relationship. A Harvard graduate and the scion of a famous Progressive-Era family, Hapgood chose to devote his life to the working class. His fascinating political career, marked by a staunch commitment to workers' rights and civil liberties, also included important roles in the Socialist Party and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). Robert Bussel's book is the first full-length biography of this prominent American Socialist, labor organizer, and social crusader. Hapgood participated in some of the most stirring historical events of his time&—an epic coal miners' strike in Western Pennsylvania, an insurgent attempt to oust John L. Lewis as president of the United Mine Workers of America, the defense of Niccolo Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, and the electrifying victories of sit-down strikers in Akron, Ohio, and Flint, Michigan. In the latter stages of his career, he took unpopular stands on issues of racial justice, civil liberties, and union democracy that foreshadowed the fault lines along which the post&–World War II labor movement would founder. Recording and reflecting upon these experiences in journals he kept throughout his life, Hapgood left behind an unusually rich chronicle of the American working class, the labor movement, and the practice of radical politics. Hapgood's career illustrates important developments in the evolution of liberalism and radicalism, the industrial union movement, and the relationship between the middle and working classes in twentieth-century America. At a time when the American labor movement is attempting to recruit young people, forge a rapprochement with liberals, and reclaim its role as a voice for American workers, the appearance of a Hapgood biography is timely.
A Genealogical History of the Rice Family
Author: Andrew Henshaw WardPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
A genealogical history of the Rice family; descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice, who came from Berkhamstead, England, and settled at Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1638 or 9.
A genealogical history of the Rice family: descendants of Deacon E. Rice, who ... settled at Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1638 or 9; with an index ... of the names of husbands and wives of the name of Rice, etc
Author: Andrew Henshaw WARDThe Square Root of Summer
Author: Harriet Reuter HapgoodPublisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN: 1626723745
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
A stunning debut novel the New York Times calls a "delectable romance"! Gottie's heart has been broken three times. One, when her best friend moved away without saying goodbye. Two, when her beloved grandfather died. Three, when her first love wouldn't even hold her hand at the funeral. As Gottie spirals deeper into grief, her past literally comes back to haunt her when she is inexplicably sent back in time to good memories and bad, revisiting afternoons of kisses and days she wanted to forget forever. This summer, Gottie's past, present, and future are about to collide—and she's the only one who can figure out why. The Square Root of Summer is an exponentially enthralling story about love and loss, from debut YA voice, Harriet Reuter Hapgood.
The Gentle General
Author: Elaine LeederPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791416723
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This is the first major biography of Rose Pesotta, the organizer and vice president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) from 1933 to 1944. After moving to the United States from the Ukraine in 1913, Pesotta became involved in the resurgence of the garment workers industry, womens labor colleges, and labor activism. While working for the union, she confronted serious opposition as a woman and an anarchist within an all-male bureaucracy. This book chronicles Pesottas life while exploring a number of personal political themes. The author examines Pesottas relationships and friendships as they reflect the issues of gender, power, and sexuality, paying particular attention to her relationships with Sacco and Vanzetti and with Emma Goldman. In the course of this biography, Leeder portrays the inherent conflicts between anarchism and bureaucratic organization and between female consciousness and male-dominated institutions. The book explores the potential for pragmatic activism by social visionaries and offers clear contextual frameworks within which to compare and contrast Pesotta to others in similar historical roles.
The Settlement and Story of Oakham, Massachusetts
Author: Henry Burt WrightPublisher:
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Catalogue of the Genealogical and Historical Library of the Colonial Dames of the State of New York
Author: National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New YorkPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial
Author: William Richard CutterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Cadmus Book ShopPublisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description