{"product_id":"9781453582824","title":"Mother Jones: Revolutionary Leader of Labor and Social Reform","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMother Jones: Revolutionary Leader of Labor and Social Reform\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e defines Mother Jones as the most significant and relevant political voice for the working class to ever emerge from within the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Mary Harris \"Mother\" Jones identified herself as a socialist, her politics coincided with revolutionary syndicalism. The duality of Socialism and Syndicalism defined her role as a leader of labor and social reform during the late 1800s and early 1900s, and structured her beliefs and attitudes about women, which paralleled her general perceptions of class warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJones has been dismissed as being simply a \"hell-raiser\" or reduced to a \"folksy\" or \"colorful\" old woman who endeared herself to the miners by taking up their cause. Most who wrote about her diminished or eliminated her historical and political significance by failing to establish that she changed the face of labor in this country forever. Some have even resorted to writing malicious and unprovable accusations about her. Others simply \"did not do their homework.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMother Jones: Revolutionary Leader of Labor and Social Reform\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e sets the record straight. Ms. Wake´s extensive research brings to light the impact Mother Jones had on the labor movement for nearly half a century and reveals Jones as an intellectual and a feminist voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140655726832,"sku":"9781453582824","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453582824_p0.jpg?v=1763848489","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453582824","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}