Joe Hill: The IWW & the Making of a Revolutionary Workingclass Counterculture by

Description: Joe Hill by Franklin Rosemont, David Roediger A monumental work, expansive in scope, covering the life, times, and culture of that most famous of the Wobblies-songwriter, poet, hobo, thinker, humorist, martyr-Joe Hill. It is a journey into the Wobbly culture that made Hill and the capitalist culture that killed him. Many aspects of the life and lore of Joe Hill receive their first and only discussion in IWW historian Franklin Rosemonts opus.In great detail, the issues that Joe Hill raised and grappled with in his life: capitalism, white supremacy, gender, religion, wilderness, law, prison, and industrial unionism are shown in both the context of Hills life and for their enduring relevance in the century since his death.Collected too is Joe Hills art, plus scores of other images featuring Hill-inspired art by IWW illustrators from Ralph Chaplin to Carlos Cortez, as well as contributions from many other labor artists.As Rosemont suggests in this remarkable book, Joe Hill never really died. He lives in the minds of young (and old) rebels as long as his songs are sung, his ideas are circulated, and his political descendants keep fighting for a better day. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Franklin Rosemont was a poet, an artist, and an activist who was involved in the history of surrealism and the radical labor movement in the United States. He is the author of An Open Entrance to the Shut Palace of Wrong Numbers and several collections of poetry and the editor of several books, including What Is Surrealism? Selected Writings of Andre Breton. He was the cofounder of the Chicago Surrealist Group. David Roediger is a professor of American studies and history at Kansas University. He is the author of How Race Survived U.S. History and The Wages of Whiteness and the coauthor of Our Own Time: A History of American Labor and the Working Day. His articles have appeared in Against the Current, History Workshop Journal, New Left Review, the Progressive, and Radical History Review. He lives in Chicago. Review "Joe Hill has finally found a chronicler worthy of his revolutionary spirit, sense of humor, and poetic imagination."--Robin D.G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams "Rosemonts treatment of Joe Hill is passionate, polemical, and downright entertaining. What he gives us is an extended and detailed argument for considering both Hill and the IWW for their contributions toward creating an autonomous and uncompromising alternative culture."--Gordon Simmons, Labor Studies Journal "Magnificent, practical, irreverent and (as one might say) magisterial, written in a direct, passionate, sometimes funny, deeply searching style."--Peter Linebaugh, author of Stop, Thief! "Rosemont seems to have hunted down every available detail of Hills short life and abiding legend."--Los Angeles Times "It has been a long time since so much new material on Joe Hill and the Wobblies has been collected in one volume. All students of the IWW, labor cartoons and songs, radical humor, and the history of blue-collar countercultures in the U.S. will find this book indispensable."--Salvatore Salerno, editor of The Big Red Songbook Review Quote "The investigation of Hills occluded life story and the larger argument for Hills significance are made here, more decisively than anywhere else made or likely ever to be made in historical scholarship." --Paul Buhle, portside.org Description for Sales People Joe Hills influence can be seen in such musicians as Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, The Clash and more. Hill is renowned as a songwriter of great American political songs like The Tramp and There is Power in a Union. Published to coincide with the 100-year anniversary of Joe Hills death. Students of the IWW, labour cartoons and songs and radical humour will find this book indispensable. Details ISBN1629631191 Author David Roediger Publisher PM Press Series Charles H. Kerr Library Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 1629631191 ISBN-13 9781629631196 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2015 Short Title JOE HILL 2/E Imprint PM Press Place of Publication Oakland Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2015-12-20 UK Release Date 2015-12-20 Pages 638 Edition Description 2nd ed. Subtitle The IWW & the Making of a Revolutionary Workingclass Counterculture Alternative 9781629632100 DEWEY 331.886092 Audience General AU Release Date 2016-03-28 Publication Date 2015-12-20 US Release Date 2015-12-20 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:96582217;

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