Cruel Years American Voices at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

Name: Cruel Years American Voices at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
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ISBN: 9780807054536

ISBN-10: 0807054534

ISBN-13: 9780807054536

Edition: 2003

Authors: William Loren Katz, Laurie R. Lehman

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The contributors present a poignant glimpse into the turmoil, oppression and injustice of the early 1900s, from a candid and unique perspective.

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 4/15/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



Mary: Keeping a Job, Losing a Job


Ross B. Moudy: Clashing Values in Colorado's Mines


A Farming Woman: Expanding Horizons


Rose Schneiderman: Becoming a Union Organizer


Lee Chew: Fighting Discrimination


A Japanese Immigrant: Becoming a Servant


Elizabeth G. Flynn: Becoming a High School Rebel


Anna Louise: Entering White Womanhood


An African American Woman: Surviving the South


An Irish American Cook


Rocco Corresca: From Immigrant to Entrepreneur


Sadie Frowne: A Jewish Sweatshop Operator at Sixteen


Bernardo Vega: From Puerto Rico to New York


Georgia Sharecroppers: Slavery's New Clothes


Mike Trudics: An Immigrant Is Enslaved


Ah-nen-la-de-ni: A Mohawk Receives a White Education


Elias Garza: A Mexican American Family in Conflict


Antanas Kaztaukis: From Lithuania to Chicago's Stockyards


A Collar Starcher


Becoming a Policeman


Life as a Coal Miner


Nat Love: From Southern Slave to Western Cowpuncher


Bibliographical Notes