LEADER 03169nam 2200661 450 001 9910464189703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8696-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000098985 035 $a(EBL)1679078 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001181823 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11651449 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001181823 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11146996 035 $a(PQKB)10718196 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1679078 035 $a(OCoLC)878263470 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28662 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1679078 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10866720 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000098985 100 $a20140516h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSoapbox rebellion $ethe Hobo Orator union and the free speech fights of the industrial workers of the world, 1909-1916. /$fMatthew S. May 210 1$aTuscaloosa, Alabama :$cThe University of Alabama Press,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 225 1 $aRhetoric, Culture, and Social critique 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1806-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aList 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. 330 $aSoapbox Rebellion, a new critical history of the free speech fights of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), illustrates how the lively and colorful soapbox culture of the "Wobblies" generated novel forms of class struggle. From 1909 to 1916, thousands of IWW members engaged in dozens of fights for freedom of speech throughout the American West. The volatile spread and circulation of hobo agitation during these fights amounted to nothing less than a soapbox rebellion in which public speech became the principal site of the struggle of the few to exploit th 410 0$aRhetoric, culture, and social critique. 606 $aFreedom of speech$zUnited States 606 $aSocial conflict$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aRadicalism$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aIndustrial Workers of the World$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aLabor movement$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFreedom of speech 615 0$aSocial conflict$xHistory. 615 0$aRadicalism$xHistory. 615 0$aIndustrial Workers of the World$xHistory. 615 0$aLabor movement$xHistory 676 $a331.8860973 700 $aMay$b Matthew S.$01041240 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464189703321 996 $aSoapbox rebellion$92464618 997 $aUNINA