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More Powerful Than Dynamite : Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives, and New York's Year of Anarchy by Thai Jones (2014, Trade Paperback)

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Used - Good This item shows signs of wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact , but may have aesthetic issues such as small tears, bends, scratches, and scuffs. Spine may also show signs of wear. Pages may include some notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Satisfaction Guaranteed. More Powerful Than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives, and New York's ISBN-13 : 9781620405185 Book

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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-101620405180

ISBN-139781620405185

eBay Product ID (ePID)167687470

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Book TitleMore Powerful than Dynamite : Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives, and New York's Year of Anarchy

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

TopicAmerican Government / Local, Labor & Industrial Relations, Political Ideologies / Anarchism, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / 20th Century, History & Theory, American Government / General, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, History

AuthorThai Jones

FormatTrade Paperback

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Reviews[A] fascinating new book.. Though Jones is chiefly concerned with the anarchist movement and other political events of 1914, his book is also packed with fascinating asides about various social and cultural goings-on in early 20th-century New York City., More Powerful Than Dynamite read[s] like the best of novels. Jones' retelling of the year is filled with action, subterfuge and an unbelievable number of textured plotlines.... [He] captures the actors and events with a deftness and polish rarely seen in historical nonfiction., More Powerful Than Dynamite read[s] like the best of novels. Jones' retelling of the year is filled with action, subterfuge and an unbelievable number of textured plotlines.. [He] captures the actors and events with a deftness and polish rarely seen in historical nonfiction., Thai Jones peels back the layers with a delicious new history....The story is told not so much as an analysis from above or with the 20/20 hindsight of history, but rather as a propulsive narrative of the positionings and repositionings of various social forces as they roiled along through the year., [A] fascinating new book.... Though Jones is chiefly concerned with the anarchist movement and other political events of 1914, his book is also packed with fascinating asides about various social and cultural goings-on in early 20th-century New York City.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal974.7/1041

SynopsisThe story of the dramatic struggle between anarchists, progressives, and plutocrats in New York City in 1914., In 1914 the United States was on the verge of revolution: industrial depression in the east, striking coal miners in Colorado, and increasingly tense relations with Mexico...In New York, the trouble began in January when a crushing winter caused homeless shelters to overflow. By April, anarchists paraded past industrialists' mansions, and tens of thousands filled Union Square demanding 'Bread or Revolution'. Then, on July 4, a detonation destroyed a Harlem tenement in the largest explosion the city had ever seen. Among the dead were three bomb-makers.incited by anarchist Alexander Berkman.who were preparing to dynamite the estate of John D. Rockefeller Jr., widely vilified for a massacre of his company's striking workers that spring... More Powerful Than Dynamite charts how anarchist anger, progressive idealism, and plutocratic influence converged in that July explosion. Its cast includes celebrated figures such as Emma Goldman, Upton Sinclair, and Andrew Carnegie and the fascinating but heretofore little known, including Frank Tannenbaum, a teenager who insisted churches provide shelter for the homeless; police inspector Max Schmittberger, too honest for his department and too crooked for everyone else; and Becky Edelsohn, a young anarchist known for her red tights and for spitting in millionaires' faces...Historian and journalist Thai Jones creates a fascinating portrait of a city on the edge of chaos coming to terms with modernity., In 1914 the United States was on the verge of revolution: industrial depression in the east, striking coal miners in Colorado, and increasingly tense relations with Mexico. In New York, the trouble began in January when a crushing winter caused homeless shelters to overflow. By April, anarchists paraded past industrialists' mansions, and tens of thousands filled Union Square demanding "Bread or Revolution." Then, on July 4, a detonation destroyed a Harlem tenement in the largest explosion the city had ever seen. Among the dead were three bomb-makers-incited by anarchist Alexander Berkman-who were preparing to dynamite the estate of John D. Rockefeller Jr., widely vilified for a massacre of his company's striking workers that spring. More Powerful Than Dynamite charts how anarchist anger, progressive idealism, and plutocratic influence converged in that July explosion. Its cast includes celebrated figures such as Emma Goldman, Upton Sinclair, and Andrew Carnegie and the fascinating but heretofore little known, including Frank Tannenbaum, a teenager who insisted churches provide shelter for the homeless; police inspector Max Schmittberger, too honest for his department and too crooked for everyone else; and Becky Edelsohn, a young anarchist known for her red tights and for spitting in millionaires' faces. Historian and journalist Thai Jones creates a fascinating portrait of a city on the edge of chaos coming to terms with modernity., In 1914 the United States was on the verge of revolution- industrial depression in the east, striking coal miners in Colorado, and increasingly tense relations with Mexico. In New York, the trouble began in January when a crushing winter caused homeless shelters to overflow. By April, anarchists paraded past industrialists' mansions, and tens of thousands filled Union Square demanding 'Bread or Revolution'. Then, on July 4, a detonation destroyed a Harlem tenement in the largest explosion the city had ever seen. Among the dead were three bomb-makers incited by anarchist Alexander Berkman who were preparing to dynamite the estate of John D. Rockefeller Jr., widely vilified for a massacre of his company's striking workers that spring. More Powerful Than Dynamite charts how anarchist anger, progressive idealism, and plutocratic influence converged in that July explosion. Its cast includes celebrated figures such as Emma Goldman, Upton Sinclair, and Andrew Carnegie and the fascinating but heretofore little known, including Frank Tannenbaum, a teenager who insisted churches provide shelter for the homeless; police inspector Max Schmittberger, too honest for his department and too crooked for everyone else; and Becky Edelsohn, a young anarchist known for her red tights and for spitting in millionaires' faces. Historian and journalist Thai Jones creates a fascinating portrait of a city on the edge of chaos coming to terms with modernity.

LC Classification NumberF128.5