{"product_id":"eyes-on-labor-news-photograpy-and-americas-working-class-9780199768233","title":"Eyes on Labor: News Photograpy and America's Working Class","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the twentieth century's first decades, U.S. workers waged an epic struggle to achieve security through unions; simultaneously Americans came to interpret current events through newspaper photographs. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEyes on Labor \u003c\/em\u003ebrings these two revolutions together, revealing how news photography brought workers into the nation's mainstream. Carol Quirke focuses on images ignored by scholars but seen by millions of Americans in the news of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart visual analysis, part labor, and cultural history, Quirke analyzes over one hundred photographs: stereographs of the Uprising of 1877, tabloid photos of the 1919 strike wave, photo essays in the nationally popular \u003cem\u003eLIFE Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and even photos taken by a union camera club.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuirke anchors her interpretations in a lively historical narrative that takes readers from Washington D.C. hearings to small towns in Indiana and Pennsylvania, to local union halls, and to New York City boardrooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIlluminating why unions, employers, and news publishers vied to represent workers with the camera's eye, \u003cem\u003eEyes on Labor\u003c\/em\u003e explores how Americans understood the complex and contradictory portrait of labor they produced.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol Quirke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199768233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarol Quirke\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Associate Professor of American Studies at SUNY Old Westbury. She has published essays and reviews in the \u003cem\u003eAmerican Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eReviews in American History, \u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e New Labor Forum\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a former community organizer, who worked on economic justice, immigrant rights, and public housing issues before receiving her Ph.D. in U.S. History. She has a close connection to the events described in \u003cem\u003eEyes on Labor\u003c\/em\u003e-her grandfather was working in the Republic Steel mill when police shot strikers on Chicago's Southeast Side; her great-uncle was one of the 100 plus men, women and children who were shot by police in what is called the Memorial Day Massacre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39937652490355,"sku":"0199768234","price":91.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f5e8632e-f2f9-47da-9a60-eb53ecdc0b61.jpg?v=1647995023","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/eyes-on-labor-news-photograpy-and-americas-working-class-9780199768233","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}