Joe Hill
Subtitle: the IWW & the making of a revolutionary workingclass counterculture
By: Franklin Rosemont ; introduction by David Roediger
Contributors: Roediger, David R., writer of introduction
Edition: Second edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 639
ISBN-13: 9781629631196
Subjects: History; Working class; Industrial Workers of the World; Labor movement
Description: A monumental work, expansive in scope, covering the life, times, and culture of that most famous of the Wobblies--songwriter, poet, hobo, thinker, humorist, martyr--Joe Hill. It is a journey into the Wobbly culture that made Hill and the capitalist culture that killed him. Many aspects of the life and lore of Joe Hill receive their first and only discussion in IWW historian Franklin Rosemont's opus. In great detail, the issues that Joe Hill raised and grappled with in his life: capitalism, white supremacy, gender, religion, wilderness, law, prison, and industrial unionism are shown in both the context of Hill's life and for their enduring relevance in the century since his death. Collected too is Joe Hill's art, plus scores of other images featuring Hill-inspired art by IWW illustrators from Ralph Chaplin to Carlos Cortez, as well as contributions from many other labor artists. As Rosemont suggests in this remarkable book, Joe Hill never really died. He lives in the minds of young (and old) rebels as long as his songs are sung, his ideas are circulated, and his political descendants keep fighting for a better day. -- taken from back cover.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Chicago, IL : C.H. Kerr Pub., 2003, c2002.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-628) and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Joe Hill & his union; title: II. The Wobbly bard; title: III. A free-spirited internationalist; title: IV. A classic case of frame-up; title: V. Joe Hill & the arts; title: VI. Joe Hill myths; title: VII. The IWW & the white problem; title: VIII. Women Wobblies & Wobbly feminism; title: iX. Wobblies versus "sky pilots"; title: X. Cops & Wobblies : law, crime, prison & the struggle for workingclass emancipation; title: XI. Wobblies versus Stalinism; title: XII. Wobblies & wilderness; title: XIII. Joe Hill, the Wobblies & the Beat generation; title: XIV. Wobbly poetics in theory & practice; title: XV. The IWW counterculture & vernacular surrealism; title: XVI. "Yours for a change; title: Conclusion; title: Envoi.