{"product_id":"every-factory-a-fortress-michael-torigian-9780821412756","title":"Every Factory a Fortress: The French Labor Movement in the Age of Ford and Hitler","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrench trade unions played a historical role in the 1930s quite unlike that of any other labor movement. Against a backdrop of social unrest, parliamentary crisis, and impending world war, industrial unionists in the great metal-fabricating plants of the Paris Region carried out a series of street mobilizations, factory occupations, and general strikes that were virtually unique in Western history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe unionization of the metal industry, following a series of anti-fascist demonstrations and plant seizures, would constitute the defining episode in modern French labor history and one of the great chapters in European social history. Yet little is known of these extraordinary events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a style that captures the vivid character of these experiences, \u003ci\u003eEvery Factory a Fortress\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the Paris metal workers, who succeeded in organizing the largest Communist union in the Western world, reshaping the parameters of French social relations, and, ultimately, altering the course of French destinies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Torigian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821412752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821412756\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.54h x 6.42w x 1.01d","brand":"Michael Torigian","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054515384575,"sku":"9780821412756","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95b4005e-07b9-4137-8d2f-b9bba2d45a83.jpg?v=1685030396","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/every-factory-a-fortress-michael-torigian-9780821412756","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}