March 25, 2011, marks the centennial of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, in which 146 garment workers lost their lives. A work of history relevant for all those who continue the fight for workers’ rights and safety, this edition of Leon Stein’s classic account of the fire features a substantial new foreword by the labor journalist Michael Hirsch, as well as a new appendix listing all of the victims’ names, for the first time, along with addresses at the time of their death and locations of their final resting places.
表中的内容
Foreword to the Centennial Edition
By Michael Hirsch Introduction to the 2001 Cornell Edition:
‘Who Will Protect the Working Girl?’
By William Greider Part I
1. Fire
2. Trap
3. Eighth
4. Tenth
5. Ninth
6. Escape
7. Night
8. Day
9. Morgue Part II
10. Guilt
11. Help
12. Protest
13. Dirge
14. Shirtwaist
15. Protection
16. Justice
17. Phoenix
18. Fire Postscript
Index New to the Centennial Edition: Triangle Fire Victims
Compiled by Michael Hirsch
This is the definitive list of the people who died in the Triangle Fire, and includes their likely age and address at the time of their death, sex, birth country, religion, and final resting place.
关于作者
The late Leon Stein was the editor of Justice, the official publication of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. He was also the editor of Out of the Sweatshop: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy. Michael Hirsch is a labor journalist and coproducer of the 2011 HBO documentary Triangle: Remembering the Fire. William Greider, national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine, is author most recently of Come Home, America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country.
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