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Scott Martelle, Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West.

Publication: Labour/Le Travail
Publication Date: 22-MAR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Scott Martelle, Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West.(Book review)

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Scott Martelle, Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press 2007)

IN THE UNITED STATES between 1911 and 1915, bitterly contested strikes escalated into sustained armed conflict in widely separated areas of the South and West, notably the coal fields of southern Colorado, southern West Virginia, and western Arkansas; along the copper range in Michigan's Upper Peninsula; and in the forests of western Louisiana and eastern Texas. Most of these violent episodes occurred in relatively isolated sections where employers controlled or strongly influenced local government and law enforcement. Employers imported strikebreakers in significant numbers, often over great distances, and contracted with detective agencies that supplied gunmen to protect them and intimidate union workers. Governors sometimes ordered state militia to intervene as well, providing the employer with further leverage.

Blood Passion is a traditional narrative account, by...

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