From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend: A Short, Illustrated History of Labor in the United States...

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Priscilla Murolo A.B. Chitty

From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend

A Short, Illustrated History of Labor in the United States

Priscilla Murolo, A.B. Chitty, Joe Sacco

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The New Press
04 December 2018

Industrial arbitration & negotiation

Strong sales for original editions: Over 10K copies combined.

Reputation: Viewed as the standard history of labor in the US; new edition brings the story fully up to date with new statistics and two completely new chapters.

Timing: The new labor and anti-Trump movements make this newly relevant.

Artwork: Since original edition published, Joe Sacco has achieved national recognition and acclaim for his comics journalism; book contains three full inserts telling the story of labor in the US.

Outstanding review attention: Original edition garnered exceptionally strong, positive coverage in the Washington Post and elsewhere; and a starred review in Publisher Weekly that compared it to Howard Zinn’s bestseller.

Blurbs/endorsements: New edition will include blurbs from prominent labor leaders, historians, and progressives including Nelson Lichtenstein, Jefferson Cowie, Laura Flanders, David Rolf, AI-jen Poo, and others.

Op-ed opportunities: Author Murolo, one of nation’s leading labor historians, is preparing a series of op-ed placements in conjunction with publication, closely tracking the news around the labor movement, jobs, and manufacturing under Trump.

Outreach to labor movement: SEIU and AFSCME will promote book to extensive email lists and via national newsletters.

By: Priscilla Murolo, A.B. Chitty
Illustrated by: Joe Sacco
Imprint: The New Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 658g
ISBN: 9781620974483
ISBN 10: 1620974487
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 04 December 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Priscilla Murolo teaches American history at Sarah Lawrence College. She lives in Yonkers, New York. Comics journalist Joe Sacco is the author of Palestine, Safe Area Goražde, and The Great War. He lives in Portland, Oregon. A.B. Chitty works as a librarian systems officer at Queens College. He lives in Yonkers, New York.

Reviews for From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend: A Short, Illustrated History of Labor in the United States

Praise for the first edition: A comprehensive history of American labor. . . . Enlivened and diverted by the humorous cartoon narratives of Joe Sacco. The Washington Post Thoroughly includes the contributions of women, Native Americans, African Americans, immigrants, and minorities, and considers events often ignored in other histories. Booklist An evergreen ... comparable to Howard Zinn's award-winning A People's History of the United States. Publishers Weekly A marvelously informed, carefully crafted, far-ranging history of working people. Noam Chomsky