The Red Coast: Radicalism and Anti-Radicalism in Southwest Washington - Goings, Aaron; Barnes, Brian; Snider, Roger
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The Red Coast is a lively, readable, and informal history of the labor, left-wing, and progressive activists who lived, worked, and organized in southwest Washington State from the late nineteenth century until World War II. The book serves as a hidden history for a region frequently identified with conservatism, rescuing these working-class activists from obscurity and placing them at the center of southwest Washington's history. Topics include the Wobblies, the labor wars of the 1910s and 1930s, and the lumber and maritime industries. Labor historians, scholars, and general readers with…mehr

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The Red Coast is a lively, readable, and informal history of the labor, left-wing, and progressive activists who lived, worked, and organized in southwest Washington State from the late nineteenth century until World War II. The book serves as a hidden history for a region frequently identified with conservatism, rescuing these working-class activists from obscurity and placing them at the center of southwest Washington's history. Topics include the Wobblies, the labor wars of the 1910s and 1930s, and the lumber and maritime industries. Labor historians, scholars, and general readers with interest in the working class history of Southwest Washington will welcome this comprehensive and accessible account.
Autorenporträt
Aaron Goings works as senior researcher at the Institute of Advanced Social Research at the University of Tampere in Finland. He is co-author of Community in Conflict: A Working-Class History of the 1913-14 Michigan Copper Strike and the Italian Hall Tragedy. Brian Barnes is Chair of the Department of History and Political Science and an associate professor of history at Saint Martin's University, where he teaches courses on US history, including Pacific Northwest history and immigration history. Roger Snider is professor emeritus of political science at Saint Martin's University. Prior to coming to Saint Martin's, Dr. Snider worked for the Bureau of Public Affairs Research at the University of Idaho, where he authored and co-authored several publications on Idaho city and county government.