Popular Radicalism and the Unemployed in Chicago During the Great Depression

by Chris Wright

In a time when mass joblessness and precarious employment are becoming issues of national concern, it is useful to reconsider the experiences of the unemployed in an earlier period of economic hardship, the Great Depression. Focusing on the bellwether city of Chicago, this book reevaluates their struggles, revealing the kernel of political radicalism and class resistance in practices that are usually thought of as apolitical and un-ideological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 183999021X
• ISBN13: 9781839990212
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"