Brass Valley: The Story of Working People's Lives and Struggles in an Industrial Region

by Jeremy Brecher (Editor), Jerry Lombardi (Editor), Jan Stackhouse (Editor)

Very Good Hardcover West Cornwall, Stone Soup, Inc., 1982. First edition, 1982. History of the brass industry in Waterbury, CT and the Naugatuck Valley as told through the lives of its workers, particularly its immigrant population. Light brown cloth with dustjacket. Very good condition with firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has some light shelfwear, no chips or tears.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover

First published December 1, 1982

Reviews

[Malcolm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Inspiring working class history, through an oral history of a small area in Connecticut. Becher's work is some of the foundational work in movement oriented working class history in the USA; it tells peoples' stories, it gives their lives back when those lives have been stolen and over-written by dominant narratives, and it brings to the fore struggles that have faded in a way that helps revive the working class movement for a better world. This book is a great example of history for progressive social change.