{"product_id":"the-newark-teacher-strikes-hopes-on-the-line-9780813530574","title":"The Newark Teacher Strikes Hopes on the Line","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor three weeks in 1970 and for eleven weeks in 1971, the schools in Newark, New Jersey, were paralysed as the teachers went on strike. This volume contains a collection of oral histories examining the hopes of the teachers as they picketed, risking arrest and imprisonment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on primary and secondary sources as well as extensive oral interviews with participants in the events, Steve Golin's fine book describes the formation of the Newark Teachers Union and its heart-breaking confrontation with black nationalism and African American parents. He tells an engrossing story that is simultaneously respectful to the activists whose struggle he documents, supportive of their aspirations to be treated with dignity as workers, and critical of the ideological limitations that led to the violent strike and battle with black parents. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most interesting studies yet of the public employee union movement that arose in the US during the 1960Æs, this book provides an enlightening account of the tumultuous rise and subsequent decline of the Newark Teachers Union (NTU) . . . this book provides a unique window into the class and race politics that shaped the urban US coming out of the 1960Æs . . . highly recommended. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: The Teacher Activists\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: After the Riot \/ Rebellion\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: The 1970 Strike\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Black Power Between the Strikes\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: The 1971 Strike\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Teachers in Jail\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Power to the People?\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Teachers in the Book\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e About the Author","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038412276055,"sku":"9780813530574","price":40.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813530574.jpg?v=1750940254","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-newark-teacher-strikes-hopes-on-the-line-9780813530574","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}