How Many Machine Guns Does It Take to Cook One Meal?: The Seattle and San Francisco General Strikes

by Victoria Johnson

Book Overview

How Many Machine Guns Does It Take to Cook One Meal? explores the cultural forces that shaped two pivotal events affecting the entire West Coast: the 1919 Seattle General Strike and the 1934 San Francisco General Strike. In contrast to traditional approaches that downplay culture or focus on the role of socialists or communists, Victoria Johnson shows how strike participants were inspired by distinctly American notions of workplace democracy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295987960
• ISBN13: 9780295987965
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher