Their example has inspired radicals in America and abroad over the greater part of a century. More than half a century ago the Wobblies tried in their own ways to grapple with issues that still plague the nation in a more sophisticated and properous era. His is the only book to focus specifically on the 'labor question' as a lens through which to view more clearly the basic.

In this important new book, Melvyn Dubofsky traces the relationship between the American labor movement and the federal government from the 1870s until the present. The present volume, an abridged version of this labor history classic, makes the compelling story of the IWW accessible to a new generation of readers.In its heyday, between 19, the IWW nourished a dream of a better America where poverty-–material and spiritual–-would be erased and where all people, regardless of nationality or color, would walk free and equal. 18.99 23 Used from 3.00 12 New from 53.33. While much has been written on aspects of the IWW's history in the past three decades, nothing has duplicated or surpassed this authoritative work. This collection juxtaposes Dubofskys early writings with scholarship from the 1990s. Originally published in 1969, Melvyn Dubofsky's We Shall Be All has remained the definitive archive-based history of the IWW. About the Book One of American labor historys most prominent scholars, Melvyn Dubofsky curated an accessible style and historical reach that have long marked his work as required reading for students and scholars. About the BookThis is the classic history of the Industrial Workers of the World, the influential band of labor militants whose activism mobilized America's poorest and most marginalized workers in the years before World War I.

John L. Lewis by Melvyn Dubofsky