A 'civic biography' that examines a critical event in the labor history of
Minneapolis and the United States.
AMERICAN CITY: A Rank and File History of Minneapolis
Charles Rumford Walker
Foreword by Mary Lethert Wingerd
University of Minnesota Press | 328 pages | 2005
ISBN 0-8166-4607-4 | paperback | $18.95
Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Series
In the spring of 1934, a small group of union organizers led Minneapolis
truckers on a series of strikes that sought to break the city's anti-union
grip. Charles Walker recounts the interests, motives, and passions on both
sides of the conflict in this vivid account of a period that transformed
Minneapolis and forged the way for workers' rights nationwide.
A startling book that everyone who wishes to understand America should
read. New Republic
American City chronicles the most extraordinary and in some ways the most
significant labor struggle of the postwar era. The Nation
Mr. Walker has let each side have its say, has told his story well, and
would appear to have told it fairly. New York Times Book Review
For more information, visit the bookıs webpage:
http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/W/walker_american.html
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