The Great Industrial War

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Subtitle: Framing Class Conflict in the Media, 1865-1950
Authors: Troy Rondinone
Subject: American History,
Paper ISBN: 978-0-8135-5188-3
Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8135-4683-4
Pages: 260 pages
Publication Date: September 2011

Praise for The Great Industrial War:

"The Great Industrial War fills a huge gap in the study of news media and history."
—Christopher R. Martin, author of Framed! Labor and the Corporate Media

"The Great Industrial War is a beautifully written, well-argued book that will stand out as a distinct and original work within American labor history."
—Jennifer Klein, Yale University

"[A] novel way to consider the representation of labor conflict in the United States and offers a real insight into American labor history."
—American Historical Review

Description:

The Great Industrial War, a comprehensive assessment of how class has been interpreted by the media in American history, documents the rise and fall of a frightening concept: industrial war. Troy Rondinone examines how the mainstream press, along with the writings of a select group of influential reformers and politicians, framed strike news. He explores the influence of historical experience on popular perceptions of social order and class conflict and provides a reinterpretation of the origins and meaning of the Taft-Hartley Act and the industrial relations regime it supported.

TROY RONDINONE is an associate professor of history at Southern Connecticut State University.

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Price (paper): $23.95
Price (cloth): $45.00