{"product_id":"on-the-assembly-line-folklore-from-the-factory-floor-paperback","title":"On the Assembly Line: Folklore from the Factory Floor - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFred McTaggart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a collection of folklore materials--legends, anecdotes, rumors, rituals, terminology, songs--from four UAW members who experienced life on the assembly line during the 1930s and 1960s, a period of history when manufacturing was the driving force of our economy. The older workers tell of times when the union was being created; the younger workers are grateful for the protection they had gained from the power of their union.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFred McTaggart was on the staff of the UAW International Union from 1964 to 1967, serving as the community\/membership relations representative for eight states--Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and New Mexico. He then returned to graduate school at the University of Iowa, earning a Ph.D. in English and Folklore. He has taught at the University of Missouri, University of Iowa and Western Michigan University. His nonfiction trade book, Wolf That I Am, was published by Houghton Mifflin in 1976 and re-printed by University of Oklahoma Press in 1984. He is also the author of Kalamazoo County: Where Quality Is a Way of Life (Windsor Press). From 1979 until his recent retirement, he has been a self employed writer, working from his home in Kalamazoo, Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 76\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.16 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48639028953337,"sku":"9781720360681","price":7.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/3NP8blH4g9781720360681.webp?v=1783293817","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/on-the-assembly-line-folklore-from-the-factory-floor-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}