Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Preface ix
5. Abbreviations xv
6. 1. New Wine in Old Bottles: Rethinking American Exceptionalism 1
7. 2. “A New Power and A New World”: The Seattle General Strike, 1919 31
8. 3. “To Organize and Control the Job”: The San Francisco General Strike, 1934 69
9. 4. Explaining General Strikes: The Instrumentality of Culture 105
10. 5. The Making of Moral Certitude: Institutions, Identities, and Resonance 116
11. Notes 131
12. Bibliography 147
13. Index 157