{"product_id":"claiming-the-city-a-global-history-of-workers-fight-for-municipal-socialism-hardcover","title":"Claiming the City: A Global History of Workers' Fight for Municipal Socialism - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShelton Stromquist\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow workers fought for municipal socialism to make cities around the globe livable and democratic - and what the lessons are for today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than a century, municipal socialism has fired the imaginations of workers fighting to make cities livable and democratic. At every turn propertied elites challenged their right to govern. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProminent US labor historian, Shelton Stromquist, offers the first global account of the origins of this new \u003ci\u003etrans-local\u003c\/i\u003e socialist politics. He explains how and why cities after 1890 became crucibles for municipal socialism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on the colorful stories of local activists and their social-democratic movements in cities as diverse as Broken Hill, Christchurch, Malmö, Bradford, Stuttgart, Vienna, and Hamilton, OH, the book shows how this new urban politics arose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong governed by propertied elites, cities in the nineteenth century were transformed by mass migration and industrialization that tore apart their physical and social fabric. Amidst massive strikes and faced with epidemic disease, fouled streets, unsafe water, decrepit housing, and with little economic security and few public amenities, urban workers invented a local politics that promised to democratize cities they might themselves govern and reclaim the wealth they created. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new politics challenged the class power of urban elites as well as the centralizing tendencies of national social-democratic movements. Municipal socialist ideas have continued to inspire activists in their fight for the right of cities to govern themselves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShelton Stromquist\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian specializing in labor and social history and a lifelong labor and civil rights activist. He is author or editor of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eFrontiers of Labor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReinventing \"The People\", \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLabor's Cold War.\u003c\/i\u003e He is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Iowa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 880\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.2 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766147285280,"sku":"9781839767777","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/82d4d77cb36e7a2e15ed7fa1cd6799c5.webp?v=1780286576","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/claiming-the-city-a-global-history-of-workers-fight-for-municipal-socialism-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}