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FACTORIES IN THE FIELD: THE STORY OF MIGRATORY FARM LABOR IN CALIFORNIA
by McWilliams, Carey
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- Used - Good +
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- No Jacket
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- 1939
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- Cloth
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$35.00
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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1939. Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. 334p. 1940 printing. Signed by author on card laid in at title page. Name and date on front pastedown, cover stained and spine sunned. "[T]he first broad exposé of the social and environmental damage inflicted by the growth of corporate agriculture in California." Covering "the misery of the dust bowl… Read more about this item Item Price
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FOR LONGSHOREMEN ONLY
by Spunyarn
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- Used - Very good
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- [1940?]
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- Flyer
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$125.00
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[San Francisco], [1940?]. Flyer. Very good. Single sheet, one-sided, folded into 4 panels. Chips to corners, verso includes names, box numbers, and figures written in blue pencil and a scribble in pencil. A flyer with a rhyming verse bemoaning the toilet facilities available to longshoremen on the San Francisco docks written by an anonymous dock worker using the pseudonym Spunyarn.… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
PROCEEDINGS, TENTH DAY, MORNING AND AFTERNOON SESSIONS, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1939, SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION, DISTRICT 1, I.L.W.U. (INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S AND WAREHOUSEMEN'S UNION)
by Meehan, Matt: Secretary-Treasurer
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- Used - Very good
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- 1939
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- Stapled wraps
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$29.00
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[San Francisco]: International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, 1939. Stapled wraps. Very good. 8p. Pamphlet lightly creased. Minutes of the April 13, 1939, sessions of the 2nd convention of the ILWU, including the poem The Battle of Rincon Hill by Sharlie Englund, Maritime Federation Auxiliary No. 1. (8-1/8"x5-1/4")
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$29.00
THE STRIKE AS I HAVE SEEN IT: AN ADDRESS BEFORE THE CHURCH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL EDUCATION, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, JULY 19, 1934
by Hedley, George P.
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- Used - Very good
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- [1934]
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- Stapled wraps
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$35.00
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San Francisco: Conference for Labor's Civil Rights, [1934]. Stapled wraps. Very good. 16p. First and last page toned, vertical crease to pamphlet. "A Bay Area churchman joins the striking maritime workers on their picket line for two weeks and later recounts his impressions. He weighs the claims of the contending sides and concludes that those of the strikers are more… Read more about this item Item Price
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PROCEEDINGS, TENTH DAY, MORNING AND AFTERNOON SESSIONS, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1939, SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION, DISTRICT 1, I.L.W.U. (INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S AND WAREHOUSEMEN'S UNION)
by Meehan, Matt: Secretary-Treasurer
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- Used - Very good
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- 1939
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- Stapled wraps
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$29.00
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[San Francisco]: International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, 1939. Stapled wraps. Very good. 8p. Pamphlet lightly creased. Minutes of the April 13, 1939, sessions of the 2nd convention of the ILWU, including the poem The Battle of Rincon Hill by Sharlie Englund, Maritime Federation Auxiliary No. 1. (8-1/8"x5-1/4")
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$29.00
THE SHIP MURDER: THE STORY OF A FRAMEUP
by King-Ramsay-Connor Defense Committee
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- Used - Very good
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- [1937]
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- Stapled wraps
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$29.00
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San Francisco: King-Ramsay-Connor Defense Committee, [1937]. Stapled wraps. Very good. 23p. Light creases and back lightly stained with tears to bottom edges. "A review of the circumstances surrounding the murder of George W. Alberts, the prosecution of Earl King, Ernest G. Ramsay, and Frank J. Conner [members of the Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders and Wipers Association] for the… Read more about this item Item Price
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CITIZENSHIP FOR HARRY BRIDGES: PRODUCTION SOLDIER
by Huberman, Leo; Foreword by Philip Murray
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- Used - Good +
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- 1942
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- Stapled Paper Wraps
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$19.00
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San Francisco: Harry Bridges Victory Committee, Citizens Victory Committee, 1942. Stapled Paper Wraps. Good +. Wright, Fred. 23p. 4th printing (1943) Pencil marginalia on back wrap and smudging on front, entire booklet bears a vertical crease from being stored folded. "As assertion that Bridges, through patriotism, imagination, and devotion, has speeded the war effort and helped bring victory to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA COMMITTEE HONORING LABOR: SECOND ANNUAL CESAR CHAVEZ DINNER DANCE, DALMATIAN-AMERICAN CLUB, SAN PEDRO, CA, MARCH 31, 1996
by Harry Bridges Institute for International Education and Organization
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- Used - Very good
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- 1996
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- Stapled wraps
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$35.00
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San Francisco: Harry Bridges Institute for International Education and Organization, 1996. Stapled wraps. Very good. Unpaginated (approx. 10p.) White label and red dot on front wrap and edges chipped, bottom corner bent. Program for the annual dinner dance in honor of union members Joe Ferrell, Elbert A. Kelley, Sr., Tivo Lomeli, James Matthews, Fred "Felo" Ponce, and Jesus… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE HERITAGE OF SEN KATAYAMA
by Yoneda, Karl G.
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- Used - Very good
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- [1975]
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- Stapled wraps
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$19.00
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New York: History Commission, CPUSA, [1975]. Stapled wraps. Very good. 23p. A few chips on back and stains on front. Brief biography explaining the influence of the "Japanese Marxist political activist and journalist, " one of the original members of the American Communist Party and the Japanese Communist Party. Article reprinted from the March 1975 issue of Political… Read more about this item Item Price
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HOW INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM WAS WON: THE GREAT FLINT SIT-DOWN STRIKE AGAINST GENERAL MOTORS, 1936-1937
by Linder, Walter
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- Used - Good +
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- [1967?]
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- Stapled wraps
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$24.00
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Brooklyn: Progressive Labor Party, [1967?]. Stapled wraps. Good +. Unpaginated (approx. 40p.) Pages and wraps toned and fragile with chips to edges. Originally appeared in the Feb./March 1967 issue of PL magazine (Vol. V, #6). B&w photographs. (10-7/8"x8-1/8")
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$24.00
MEN AND MACHINES: A PHOTO STORY OF THE MECHANIZATION AND MODERNIZATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S & WAREHOUSEMEN'S UNION AND THE PACIFIC MARITIME ASSOCIATION NOW IN OPERATION IN THE PORTS OF CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND WASHINGTON
by Goldblatt, Louis; Photo Story by Otto Hagel, Introduction and Concluding Statements by Harry Bridges & J. Paul St. Sure
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- Used - Good +
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- 1963
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- Softcover
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$19.00
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San Francisco: Men and Machines, 1963. Softcover. Good +. [160p.] Title page loose, cover edges scraped. Background of a collective agreement protecting dockers against the unfavorable impact of technological change on their daily work and employment security. [WorldCat] B&w photographs. (10-3/4"x8-3/8")
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$19.00
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF LABOUR HISTORY
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- Used - Very good
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- [1976?]
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- Stapled wraps
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San Pedro, California, USA
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London: The Museum, [1976?]. Stapled wraps. Very good. 20p. Gift note on inside of front wraps that are rubbed. Pamphlet guidebook to the museum. (8-1/4"x4")
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$19.00
LABOUR, NATIONALITY AND RELIGION
by Connolly, James; Introduction by A. Raftery
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- Used - Very good
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- 1954
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- Stapled wraps
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$19.00
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[Dublin]: New Books Publications, 1954. Stapled wraps. Very good. [60p.] 1972 printing. Wrap corners creased, former price tag on back. "Being a discussion of the Lenten Discourses against Socialism delivered by Father Kane, S.J., in Gardiner Street Church, Dublin, 1910." (7"x4-3/4")
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THE PART PLAYED BY LABOR IN THE TRANSITION FROM APE TO MAN
by Engels, Frederick
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- Used - Good +
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- 1950
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- Stapled wraps
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$19.00
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New York: International Publishers, 1950. Stapled wraps. Good +. 22p. Stain on front, tear on top and bottom of spine fold. (7-3/4"x5-1/4")
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$19.00
BLACK COAL MINERS IN THE UNITED STATES (OCCASIONAL PAPER, NO. 15)
by Nyden, Paul
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- Used - Very good
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- 1974
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- Stapled wraps
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$19.00
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New York: American Institute for Marxist Studies (AIMS), 1974. Stapled wraps. Very good. 73p. Stain on spine fold. Analysis of the treatment of Black American workers by union members and management in United States coal mines. (8-1/2"x5-1/2")
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$19.00
ERIN'S HOPE: THE END AND THE MEANS; AND THE NEW EVANGEL: PREACHED TO IRISH TOILERS
by Connolly, James; With Introduction by Joseph Deasy
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- Used - Very good
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- 1972
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- Stapled wraps
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$19.00
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Dublin: New Books Publications, 1972. Stapled wraps. Very good. [40p.] Wraps rubbed, former price tag on back. Two tracts by the Irish socialist and labor leader. Erin's Hope is considered "the most important of Connolly's minor writings." The New Evangel is "a collection of essays published in 1901." (7-1/8"x5")
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LABOUR IN IRISH HISTORY
by Connolly, James; Introduction by A. Raftery
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- Used - Good +
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- 1973
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- Softcover
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$24.00
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Dublin: New Books Publications, 1973. Softcover. Good +. xxxii, 135p. Former price tag on front, cover rubbed and corners worn. Connolly's work, an analysis of Irish history from a Marxist point of view, has been in continuous circulation since first published in 1910. This edition appears in the 60th Anniversary Year of the 1913 Dublin Lock-Out. (7-1/4"x4-3/4")
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF THE HAYMARKET MARTYRS (AIMS HISTORICAL SERIES, NO. 5)
by Foner, Philip S.; Edited & With an Introduction by
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- Used - Very good
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- No Jacket
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- 1969
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- Cloth
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$19.00
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New York: Published for A.I.M.S. by Humanities Press, 1969. Cloth. Very good/No Jacket. 198p. Cover corners worn. The autobiographies of the anarchists convicted of the 1886 Haymarket Square bombing in Chicago, Illinois. Seven men - Albert R. Parsons, August Spies, Adolph Fischer, George Engel, Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden, and Louis Lingg - were condemned to death, and Oscar… Read more about this item Item Price
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A SALUTE TO HARRY BRIDGES PRESENTED BY THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LIBRARY FOR SOCIAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH, FEBRUARY 9, 1986
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- Used - Very good
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- 1986
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- Stapled wraps
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$95.00
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Los Angeles: Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, 1986. Stapled wraps. Very good. Unpaginated (approx. 36p.) Wrap edges lightly scraped. Program for the Harry Bridges Testimonial Dinner with essays about Bridges' influence on trade unionism filled with tributes to the honoree from union locals, community members, and politicians. Australian-born Bridges founded the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's… Read more about this item Item Price
$95.00
LABOR'S UNTOLD STORY
by Boyer, Richard O. & Herbert M. Morais
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition, Stated
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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San Pedro, California, USA
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$75.00
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New York: Cameron Associates, 1955. First Edition, Stated. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 402p. Pages toned and slightly brittle, cover corners worn. " A communist history of the American labor movement from the Civil War to the present day. It tells little of specific unions, instead drawing a picture of opposed forces...The authors end with a condemnation of the hot-… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
