“Three Strikes”: A Review of the Early History of Labor Unrest
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A 5 page analysis of the circumstances and meanings presented in the book by Howard Zinn, Dana Frank, and Robin Kelley. Broken into three major sections, each authored by either Zinn, Frank, or Kelley, this book details the bloody Colorado Coal Strike of 1913-1914, the Detroit Woolworth's Strike of 1937, and the New York Musicians Strike of 1936-1937. Although only the Detroit Woolworth Strike was won, these labor strikes will forever memorialize internal labor movement relations of the early half of the twentieth century. The author of this paper contends that the progress made in these strikes are directly applicable to the contemporary working environment as well. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPstrike.rtf

“Truman”
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A five page paper which looks at Roy Jenkin’s biography of Harry S. Truman, in terms of his government’s relationship with Britain and the Communist bloc countries in the post-war period, his domestic and foreign policies, and the British perspective on Truman’s administration.
Filename: JLtruman.wps

“Workers’ Control in America” by David Montgomery
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This 5 page report discusses this text and provides a general overview of the work. Professor emeritus of history at Yale and former union activist, David Montgomery fills in a lot of gaps in the information regarding the history of the working-class of the United States. In Workers Control in America, he presents numerous example of the historical struggles of American workers over matters of technology and the organization of work. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWworker.wps

"Babylon Revisited" F. Scott Fitzgerad (1940)
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( 7 pp) It is not unusual for an author to use parts of their own life as subject matter, but in "Babylon Revisited," we see more than an average amount of Fitzgerald in the major character Charlie. This discussion will look at the overlaps between reality and fiction in this short story. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBfsctfz.doc

"Desert Exile"
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This 3 page paper discusses Yoshiko Uchida's memoir about her time in a Japanese internment camp during WWII. Her crime and that of her family was simply being of Japanese descent. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVUchida.rtf