The encylopedia of strikes in American history

Editors and contributors -- Topic finder -- Introduction to the Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History / Aaron Brenner -- Types of strikes / Aaron Brenner -- List of abbreviations -- Strikes: theory and practice -- Introduction / Aaron Brenner -- Strikes in American history / Aaron Brenner -- Theories of strikes / Gerald Friedman -- Socialist theories of the strike / Christopher Phelps -- The news media and strikes / Christopher R. Martin -- The business community's mercenaries: strikebreakers and union busters / Robert Smith -- Corporate strike strategy / Kim Phillips-Fein -- The decline of strikes / Jeremy Brecher -- Strike lessons from the last twenty-five years: what it takes to walk out and win / Steve Early -- Strikes and working class culture -- Introduction / Benjamin Day -- Dressed for defiance: the clothing of female strikers, 1910-1935 / Deirdre Clemente -- Better than a hundred speeches: the strike song / Tim Lynch -- Rights strikes / Todd Michney -- World War II hate strikes / James Wolfinger -- Polish workers and strikes, 1900-1937 / Jim Pula -- North Carolina women on strike / Roxanne Newton -- The Catholic Church and strikes / Dan LaBotz -- Strikes led by the Trade Union Unity League, 1929-1934 / Victor G. Devinatz