American City: A Rank and File History of Minneapolis

by Charles Rumford Walker

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In the spring of 1934, a small group of militant union organizers led Minneapolis truckers on a series of strikes that sought to break the city's antiunion grip. The striking truckers, in protest of scab workers, took to the streets of the city's warehouse district where they faced violent opposition from the police and members of the Citizen's Alliance, a group representing Minneapolis's business community. The conflict exploded when police fired...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816646074

ISBN13:9780816646074

Release Date:September 2005

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.1"

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20th Century Business & Investing Economics History Labor & Industrial Relations Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Popular Economics State & Local

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