03135nam 2200649 450 991078924350332120230126211925.00-8173-8696-3(CKB)3710000000098985(EBL)1679078(SSID)ssj0001181823(PQKBManifestationID)11651449(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001181823(PQKBWorkID)11146996(PQKB)10718196(MiAaPQ)EBC1679078(OCoLC)878263470(MdBmJHUP)muse28662(Au-PeEL)EBL1679078(CaPaEBR)ebr10866720(EXLCZ)99371000000009898520140516h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSoapbox rebellion the Hobo Orator union and the free speech fights of the industrial workers of the world, 1909-1916. /Matthew S. MayTuscaloosa, Alabama :The University of Alabama Press,2013.©20131 online resource (193 p.)Rhetoric, Culture, and Social critiqueDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1806-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Nothing in common : militant rhetorical history -- Sparks from a live wire : the origins of the free speech fights and the battle of Spokane, 1909-1910 -- A class the masters fear : Fresno, 1910-1911 -- A spectacle of agitators : San Diego, 1912 -- Timber-beast lament : the Everett massacre, 1916 -- Orator war machines and the will to revolution -- Notes -- Glossary -- Works cited -- Index.Soapbox Rebellion, a new critical history of the free speech fights of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), illustrates how the lively and colorful soapbox culture of the "Wobblies" generated novel forms of class struggle. From 1909 to 1916, thousands of IWW members engaged in dozens of fights for freedom of speech throughout the American West. The volatile spread and circulation of hobo agitation during these fights amounted to nothing less than a soapbox rebellion in which public speech became the principal site of the struggle of the few to exploit thRhetoric, culture, and social critique.Freedom of speechUnited StatesSocial conflictUnited StatesHistoryRadicalismUnited StatesHistoryIndustrial Workers of the WorldUnited StatesHistoryLabor movementUnited StatesHistory20th centuryFreedom of speechSocial conflictHistory.RadicalismHistory.Industrial Workers of the WorldHistory.Labor movementHistory331.8860973May Matthew S.1481790MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789243503321Soapbox rebellion3698995UNINA