The Triangle Fire

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Leon Stein

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March 25, 2011, marks the centennial of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, in which 146 garment workers lost their lives. A work of history relevant for all those who continue the fight for workers' rights and safety, this edition of Leon Stein's classic account of the fire features a substantial new foreword by the labor journalist Michael Hirsch, as well as a new appendix listing all of the victims' names, for the first time, along with addresses at the time of their death and locations of their final resting places.

Author Biography:

The late Leon Stein was the editor of Justice, the official publication of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. He was also the editor of Out of the Sweatshop: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy. Michael Hirsch is a labor journalist and coproducer of the 2011 HBO documentary Triangle: Remembering the Fire. William Greider, national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine, is author most recently of Come Home, America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country.

Release date NZ

December 16th, 2010

Author

Leon Stein

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributors

Foreword by Michael Hirsch
Introduction by William Greider

Edition

Centennial Edition

Illustrations

16 Halftones, black and white

Pages

256

Dimensions

140x216x15

ISBN-13

9780801477072

Product ID

9498550

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