Description
Book SynopsisDocuments the rise and fall of industrial war. Examining how the mainstream press along with the writings of a select group of influential reformers and politicians framed strike news, this book argues that the Civil War, coming on the cusp of a revolution in industrial productivity, offered a gruesome, indelible model for national conflict.
Trade Review"The Great Industrial War fills a huge gap in the study of news media and history." -- Christopher R. Martin * author of Framed! Labor and the Corporate Media *
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The Great Industrial War is a beautifully written, well-argued book that will stand out as a distinct and original work within American labor history." -- Jennifer Klein * Yale University *
"A novel way to consider the representation of labor conflict in the United States and offers a real insight into American labor history." * American Historical Review *
"Rondinone should be commended for taking on such a broadly significant topic. Historians of labor, business, and the media will benefit from reading
The Great Industrial War."
* The Historian *
"The Great Industrial War fills a huge gap in the study of news media and history." -- Christopher R. Martin * author of Framed! Labor and the Corporate Media *
"
The Great Industrial War is a beautifully written, well-argued book that will stand out as a distinct and original work within American labor history." -- Jennifer Klein * Yale University *
"A novel way to consider the representation of labor conflict in the United States and offers a real insight into American labor history." * American Historical Review *
"Rondinone should be commended for taking on such a broadly significant topic. Historians of labor, business, and the media will benefit from reading
The Great Industrial War."
* The Historian *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1 With Colors Flying
2 "Drifting toward Industrial War"
3 The March of Organized Forces
4 The Emergence of the "Great Third Class" and the Search for an Industrial Treaty
5 The Fist of the State in the Public Glove
6 Co-opting the Combatants
7 A Kind of Peace
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
