The Resource Troublemakers : power, representation, and the fiction of the mass worker, William Scott
Troublemakers : power, representation, and the fiction of the mass worker, William Scott
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- Summary
- William Scott's Troublemakers explores how a major change in the nature and forms of working-class power affected novels about U.S. industrial workers in the first half of the twentieth century. Analyzing portrayals of workers in such novels as Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, Ruth McKenney's Industrial Valley, and Jack London's The Iron Heel, William Scott moves beyond narrow depictions of these laborers to show their ability to resist exploitation through their direct actions - sit-down strikes, sabotage, and other spontaneous acts of rank-and-file "troublemakin
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 284 pages)
- Contents
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- Acknowledgments; Introduction: Power--Representation--Fiction; Part One -- The Making of the Mass Worker; 1 -- The Powerless Worker and the Failure of Political Representation: "The lowest and most degraded of human beasts"; 2 -- The Empowered Worker and the Technological Representation of Capital: "Out of this furnace, this metal"; Part Two -- Strategy and Structure at the Point of Production; 3 -- The Disempowering Worker and the Aesthetic Representation of Industrial Unionism: "I am the book that has no end!"
- 4 -- The Powerful Worker and the Demand for Economic Representation: "They planned to use their flesh, their bones, as a barricade"Conclusion: Making Trouble on a Global Scale; Notes; Works Cited; Index; About the Author
- Isbn
- 9780813553139
- Label
- Troublemakers : power, representation, and the fiction of the mass worker
- Title
- Troublemakers
- Title remainder
- power, representation, and the fiction of the mass worker
- Statement of responsibility
- William Scott
- Title variation
- Power, representation, and the fiction of the mass worker
- Subject
-
- 1900-1999
- American fiction
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Labor movement in literature
- Labor movement in literature
- Power (Social sciences) in literature
- Social conflict in literature
- Social conflict in literature
- Work in literature
- Work in literature
- Working class in literature
- Working class in literature
- Power (Social sciences) in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- William Scott's Troublemakers explores how a major change in the nature and forms of working-class power affected novels about U.S. industrial workers in the first half of the twentieth century. Analyzing portrayals of workers in such novels as Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, Ruth McKenney's Industrial Valley, and Jack London's The Iron Heel, William Scott moves beyond narrow depictions of these laborers to show their ability to resist exploitation through their direct actions - sit-down strikes, sabotage, and other spontaneous acts of rank-and-file "troublemakin
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1968-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Scott, William
- Dewey number
- 813/.5209352623
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS374.W64
- LC item number
- S36 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- American literatures initiative
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Working class in literature
- American fiction
- Power (Social sciences) in literature
- Labor movement in literature
- Work in literature
- Social conflict in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- American fiction
- Labor movement in literature
- Power (Social sciences) in literature
- Social conflict in literature
- Work in literature
- Working class in literature
- Label
- Troublemakers : power, representation, and the fiction of the mass worker, William Scott
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Acknowledgments; Introduction: Power--Representation--Fiction; Part One -- The Making of the Mass Worker; 1 -- The Powerless Worker and the Failure of Political Representation: "The lowest and most degraded of human beasts"; 2 -- The Empowered Worker and the Technological Representation of Capital: "Out of this furnace, this metal"; Part Two -- Strategy and Structure at the Point of Production; 3 -- The Disempowering Worker and the Aesthetic Representation of Industrial Unionism: "I am the book that has no end!"
- 4 -- The Powerful Worker and the Demand for Economic Representation: "They planned to use their flesh, their bones, as a barricade"Conclusion: Making Trouble on a Global Scale; Notes; Works Cited; Index; About the Author
- Control code
- 777375541
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 284 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813553139
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4jxsdn
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)777375541
- Label
- Troublemakers : power, representation, and the fiction of the mass worker, William Scott
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgments; Introduction: Power--Representation--Fiction; Part One -- The Making of the Mass Worker; 1 -- The Powerless Worker and the Failure of Political Representation: "The lowest and most degraded of human beasts"; 2 -- The Empowered Worker and the Technological Representation of Capital: "Out of this furnace, this metal"; Part Two -- Strategy and Structure at the Point of Production; 3 -- The Disempowering Worker and the Aesthetic Representation of Industrial Unionism: "I am the book that has no end!"
- 4 -- The Powerful Worker and the Demand for Economic Representation: "They planned to use their flesh, their bones, as a barricade"Conclusion: Making Trouble on a Global Scale; Notes; Works Cited; Index; About the Author
- Control code
- 777375541
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 284 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813553139
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4jxsdn
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)777375541
Subject
- 1900-1999
- American fiction
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- Labor movement in literature
- Labor movement in literature
- Power (Social sciences) in literature
- Social conflict in literature
- Social conflict in literature
- Work in literature
- Work in literature
- Working class in literature
- Working class in literature
- Power (Social sciences) in literature
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