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UNINA9910451062403321 |
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Autore |
Pernicone Nunzio <1940-> |
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Titolo |
Carlo Tresca [[electronic resource] ] : portrait of a rebel / / Nunzio Pernicone |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-36470-3 |
9786611364700 |
1-4039-8109-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2005.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (376 p.) |
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Collana |
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Italian and Italian American studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Anarchists - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Revolutionary Apprenticeship; 2 Il Proletario; 3 Freelance of Revolution; 4 Lawrence; 5 On to Paterson; 6 Tresca and Flynn; 7 From Union Square to Mesabi Range; 8 Surviving Repression; 9 Postwar Activities; 10 Sacco and Vanzetti; 11 New Enemies; 12 Early Anti-Fascist Activities; 13 Frame-Up; 14 The Resistance Awakens; 15 The Anti-Fascist Alliance; 16 A Year of Violence and Death; 17 Troubled Times for Anti-Fascism; 18 The Depression and the New Deal; 19 Fascism on the March; 20 Taking on the Stalinists; 21 The Town Anarchist; 22 The Last Years |
23 Murder in the Dimout24 Theories and Investigations; 25 Who Ordered Tresca's Murder?; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In his heyday, Carlo Tresca ranked among the most important radicals and labour activists in the United States, often sharing the spotlight with Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, 'Big Bill' Haywood, and Emma Goldman. A charismatic Italian anarchist who became a folk hero to immigrant and native-born workers alike, Tresca was described by comrades as a 'freelance revolutionary' because of his independent spirit and militant activism. During his wild and adventurous career spanning nearly forty years (1904-1943), Tresca pursued a range of activities unmatched by |
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