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The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism

by Paul F. Brissenden

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  1. 1Dedication — Preface to the Second Edition
  2. 2Preface to the First Edition
  3. 3Part I — Beginnings
  4. 4Chapter II — The Birth of the Organization (1905)
  5. 5Chapter III — The I. W. W. Versus the A. F. of L.
  6. 6Part II — The “Original” I. W. W.
  7. 7Chapter V — The Coup of the “Proletarian Rabble” (1906)
  8. 8Chapter VI — The Structure of a Militant Union
  9. 9Chapter VII — The Fight for Existence
  10. 10Chapter VIII — “Job Control” at Goldfield
  11. 11Chapter IX — Doctrinaire Versus Direct-Actionist (1908)
  12. 12Chapter X — The I. W. W. on the “Civilized Plane” (1908-1915)
  13. 13Part III — The Direct-Actionists
  14. 14Chapter XII — Lawrence and the Crest of Power (1912)
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Dual Unionism and Decentralization
  16. 16Chapter XIV — Recent Tendencies
  17. 17Appendix I — First I. W. W. Classification of the Industrial Popula…
  18. 18Appendix II — The I. W. W. Preamble
  19. 19B. Detroit
  20. 20Appendix III — Structural Organization of the I. W. W. (1917)
  21. 21Appendix IV | Membership Statistics
  22. 22Notes to Table A.
  23. 23Table B — Comparative Membership Figures, 1910
  24. 24Table C — Membership of Certain Unions and Groups of Unions in the…
  25. 25Table D — Membership of the I. W. W. (Chicago and Detroit) and of A…
  26. 26Appendix V. Local Unions of the I. W. W — Chicago and Detroit, 1914
  27. 27Appendix VI — Reasons for Locals Disbanding (Aug. 31, 1910 to Sept.…
  28. 28Appendix VII — Free Speech Fights of the I. W. W. (Partial List.)
  29. 29Appendix VIII — Partial List of Strikes Managed or Participated in…
  30. 30Appendix IX — Selections From the I. W. W. Song Book
  31. 31Dump the Bosses Off Your Back
  32. 32Hallelujah! I’m a Bum!
  33. 33Mr. Block
  34. 34Tie ’Em Up!
  35. 35A. F. of L. Sympathy
  36. 36The Message From O’er the Sea
  37. 37Scissor Bill
  38. 38Paint ‘Er Red
  39. 39Casey Jones — The Union Scab
  40. 40The Preacher and the Slave
  41. 41The Red Flag
  42. 42What We Want
  43. 43Appendix X — Copies of State “Criminal Syndicalism” Statutes
  44. 44Idaho
  45. 45Montana
  46. 46Bibliography
  47. 471 — Official Documents of the Industrial Workers of the World
  48. 482 — Propaganda Leaflets and Miscellaneous Official Publications
  49. 493 — Official and Semi-official Periodical Publications of the I. W. W.
  50. 504 — Other Syndicalist and Revolutionary Labor Periodicals
  51. 515 — Partial List of Books and Articles on the I. W. W.
  52. 52Studies in History, Economics and Public Law — Volume II — 1892-93.…
  53. 53Volume III — 1893. 465 pp. (See Note on Last Page.)
  54. 54Volume IV — 1893-94. 438 pp. (See Note on Last Page.)
  55. 55Volume VII — 1896. 512 pp. Price, Cloth, $3.50
  56. 56Volume XX — 1904. 514 pp. Price, Cloth, $3.50
  57. 57Volume XXV — 1906-07. 600 pp. (Sold Only in Sets.)
  58. 58Volume XXXIX — 1910-1911. 651 pp. Price, Cloth, $4.50
  59. 59Volume XLIII — 1911. 633 pp. Price, Cloth, $4.50
  60. 60Volumes XLIV and XLV, 1911. 745 Pp — Volume LIV — 1913. 604 pp. Pri…
  61. 61Volume LV — 1913. 665 pp. Price, Cloth, $4.50
  62. 62Volume LXXV — 1917. 410 pp. Price, Cloth, $4.00
  63. 63Volume LXXVI — 1917. 489 pp. Price, Cloth, $4.00
  64. 64Volume LXXXVIII — 1919. 444 pp. Price, Cloth, $4.00
  65. 65Volume LXXXIX — 1919

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