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September 04, 2005
LABOR DAY READING
The Elk Grove Village Public Library has many books and other materials related to the meaning of Labor Day. Some of the books include:
WORK & WORKING:
Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do (1974) by Studs Terkel (331.2 TER)
The Unmaking of the American Working Class (2003) by Reg Theriault (305.562 THE)
Work: Opposing Viewpoints (2002) ed. by James Haley (331.0973 WOR)
The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism (1998) by Richard Sennett (305.562 SEN)
LABOR MOVEMENT:
From the Folks who Brought You the Weekend: A Short, Illustrated History of Labor in the United States (2001) by Priscilla Murolo & A.B. Chitty; illustrations by Joe Sacco (331.0973 MUR)
From the Ashes of the Old: American Labor and America's Future (1998) by Stanley Aronowitz (331.8809 ARO)
Legendary Labor Leaders (1998) by Thomas Streissguth (331.88 STR)
The Importance of Mother Jones (1996) by Madelyn Horton (BIOGRAPHY JON)
Labor Will Rule: Sidney Hillman and the Rise of American Labor (1991) by Steven Fraser (331.8818 FRA)
A Radical Line: From the Labor Movement to the Weather Underground, One Family's Century of Conscience (2004) by Thai Jones (NEW 335.43 JON)
Bye! American: The Labor Cartoons of Gary Huck & Mike Konopacki... (1987) by Gary Huck & Mike Konopacki (741.973 HUC)
UNIONS:
Bread--and Roses: The Struggle of American Labor, 1865-1915 (1991) by Milton Meltzer (331.88 MEL)
Out of the Jungle: Jimmy Hoffa and the Remaking of the American Working Class (2001) by Thaddeus Russell (BIOGRAPHY HOF)
Lane Kirkland: Champion of American Labor (2005) by Arch Puddington (NEW 331.88 PUD)
I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and the Inside Story of the Mafia, the Teamsters, and the Last Ride of Jimmy Hoffa (2004) by Charles Brandt (LARGE PRINT 364.106 BRA)
Power and Greed: Inside the Teamsters Empire of Corruption (1989) by Allen Friedman & Ted Schwarz (364.16 FRI)
Devil's Pact: Inside the World of the Teamsters Union (1996) by F.C. Duke Zeller (331.88 ZEL)
STRIKES:
The Pullman Strike and the Labor Movement in American History (2001) by R. Conrad Stein (331.8928 STE)
The Pullman Strike of 1894: American Labor Comes of Age (1999) by Rosemary Laughlin (331.892 LAU)
Strike!: the Bitter Struggle of American Workers from Colonial Times to the Present (1995) by by Penny Colman (331.89 COL)
Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century (2001) by Howard Zinn, Dana Frank, & Robin D.G. Kelley (331.8929 ZIN)
We Shall Not Be Moved: The Women's Factory Strike of 1909 (1996) by Joan Dash (J 331.4 DAS)
RELATED FICTION:
Absolute Rage (2002) by Robert K. Tanenbaum (MYS TAN)
Blue Collar Blues (1998) by Rosalyn McMillan (MCM)
The Island Walkers: a novel (2004) by John Bemrose (BEM)
The Rackets (2001) by Thomas Kelly (KEL)
Welcome to Higby (2002) by Mark Dunn (DUN)
RELATED FILMS:
Hoffa (1992) (VP HOFF)
Matewan (1987) (VP MATE)
Norma Rae (1979) (DVD NORM)
On the Waterfront (1954) (VP & DVD ONTH)
Silkwood (1983) (DVD SILK)
There is also available a childrens music CD that has Union-related songs:
Ella Jenkins and a Union of Friends Pulling Together (1999) (J MS JENK EJA)
[For links to online sites about Labor Day, unions, and more music, go to Liz's Book-Looks.]
Posted by egvpl at September 4, 2005 03:31 AM