For All the People by John Curl
Seeking to reclaim a history that has remained largely ignored by historians, this dramatic and stirring account examines each of the definitive American cooperative movements for social change--farmer, union, consumer, and communalist--that have been all but erased from collective memory. With an expansive sweep and breathtaking detail, this scholarly yet eminently readable chronicle follows the American worker from the colonial workshop to the modern mass-assembly line, from the family farm to the corporate hierarchy, ultimately painting a vivid panorama of those who built the United States and those who will shape its future. This second edition contains a new introduction by Ishmael Reed, a new preface by the author that discusses cooperatives in the Great Recession of 2008 and their future in the 21st century, and a new chapter on the role co-ops played in the food revolution of the 1970s.
Born in New York City in 1940, John Curl's family was a mixture of Irish Catholic, English Protestant, and Romanian and Austrian Jew. One grandfather was a Republican, the other a Communist, and his parents New Deal Democrats. During the winters he grew up in New York City, and during the summers in New Jersey farm country without electricity or running water. His father was a post office worker, and his mother had been a show girl before she became mom, working for a while with Abbot and Costello. He has a degree in Comparative Literature from New York City College. He currently resides in Berkeley, California with his wife, and has one daughter. He is a professional woodworker by trade, and chairman of West Berkeley Artisans and Industrial Companies. He served as a Berkeley planning commissioner. He was a founding member of Berkeley Indigenous Peoples Day in 1991, and has worked on the Berkeley powwow for over 20 years. He is vice-president of PEN Oakland, The blue collar PEN. His play The Trial of Christopher Columbus was produced by the Writers Theater in 2009. His transliterations from Quechua formed the libretto for Tania Leü¾Œ¶˜¼n's Ancient (2009). He represented the USA at the World Poetry Festival in 2010 in Caracas, Venezuela. OTHER WORKS BY JOHN CURL Memoir: Memories of Drop City (2008). History: For All The People (2009, 2012); History of Collectivity in the San Francisco Bay Area (1982); History of Work Cooperation in America (1980). Translation: Ancient American Poets (2005). Poetry: Scorched Birth (2004); Columbus in the Bay of Pigs (1991); Decade (1987); Tidal News (1982); Cosmic Athletics (1980); Ride the Wind (1979); Spring Ritual (1978); Insurrection/Resurrection (1975); Commu 1 (1971); Change/Tears (1967).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781604865820 |
| ISBN 10 | 1604865822 |
| Title | For All the People |
| Author | John Curl |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | PM Press |
| Year published | 2012-08-09 |
| Number of pages | 582 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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