![]() | How Many Machine Guns Does It Take to Cook One Meal?: The Seattle and San Francisco General Strikes Subjects: General Strike Seattle Wash. 1919; General Strike San Francisco Calif. 1934; Strikes and lockouts -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Working class -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Labor movement -- United States -- History -- 2; How Many Machine Guns Does It Take to Cook One Meal? explores the cultural forces that shaped two pivotal events affecting the entire West Coast: the 1919 Seattle General Strike and the 1934 San Francisco General Strike. In contrast to traditional approaches that downplay culture or focus on the role of socialists or communists, Victoria Johnson shows how strike participants were inspired by distinctly American notions of workplace democracy that can be traced back to the political philosophies of Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine. Victoria Johnson is associate professor of sociology at the University of Missouri, Columbia. |
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