A Spark is Struck! : : Jack Hall and the ILWU in Hawaii / / Sanford Zalburg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Zalburg, Sanford,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]; ©1979
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (670 p.)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Prologue: No Monument, No Plaque -- Part 1. THE EARLY YEARS (1915-1940) -- 1. The Bitter Years -- 2. The Green Backdrop -- 3. The Voice of Militant Unionism -- 4. On the Waterfront -- 5. Maui'37: The Last Racial Strike -- 6. Kauai: The Special Island -- 7. 1938: Year of Violence -- 8. A Start in Politics -- 9. Young Man with a Mission -- 10. Ahukini: The Races Collaborate -- Part 2. THE WAR YEARS (1941-1944) -- 11. A Bright Sunday Morning -- 12. The Military Blockade -- 13. Two Who Persisted -- 14. Rutledge the Irrepressible -- 15. Kawano Sends a Plea -- 16. The "Missionaries" Come to Hawaii -- 17. The "Missionary" Work Goes On -- 18. Meehan Picks Hall -- Part 3. THE BIG SURGE (1944-1946) -- 19. Hall Takes Over -- 20. Thompson the Organizer -- 21. The ILWU Gathers Strength -- 22. Thompson vs. Arakaki -- 23. The Poker Player -- 24. The Men from the Barrios -- Part 4. THE SUGAR STRIKE (1946) -- 25. The Battle Plan -- 26. The Ricecapade -- 27. Three Bottles of Four Roses -- 28. On-the-Job Training -- 29. The Unpleasantness at Pioneer Mill -- Part 5. FRIENDS AND FOES (1946-1947) -- 30. Farrington and the 1946 Election -- 31. The Pineapple Strike of 1947 -- 32. Five Exhausting Days -- 33. Bouslog & Symonds -- 34. Stainback's Crusade -- 35. The Burns Connection -- Part 6. REVOLUTIONARIES AND COUNTERREVOLUTIONARIES (1947-1949) -- 36. Mookini, Izuka, and "The Truth" -- 37. The "Ignacio Revolt" -- 38. The Reinecke Affair -- 39. Hall Applies Muscle -- 40. Olaa'48 -- Part 7. THE LONGSHORE STRIKE (1949) -- 41. A Chat on the Waterfront -- 42. Message to Stalin: "Dear Joe" -- 43. The Broom Brigade -- 44. Fact-Finding: The First Dialogue -- 45. Hot Days, Hot Cargo, Hot Words -- 46. The Territory Runs the Docks -- 47. The Battle of Words -- 48. All Wars Finally End -- Part 8. THE TEMPER OF THE TIMES (1950-1952) -- 49. Hall vs. HUAC -- 50. "Standpatters" vs. "Walkouters" -- 51. "Silent Jack" Speaks -- 52. Lanai'51: The Quiet Battle -- Part 9. THE SMITH ACT TRIAL (1952-1953) -- 53. A Knock on the Door -- 54. Preliminary Event -- 55. A Hunt for Legal Talent -- 56. The Cross-Examiner -- 57. The Seven-Month Siege -- 58. Witness Takes the Stand -- 59. A One-Dollar Bet -- Part 10. THE MIDDLE YEARS (1954-1959) -- 60. Naalehu '54: The Feisty Lathe Operator -- 61. The Democratic Sweep -- 62. Juneau Spruce -- 63. Hall the Politician -- 64. The Last Act of the Smith Act -- 65. Sugar '58: "The Aloha Strike" -- 66. One Sunday at Paula Drive -- 67. The Glow of Statehood -- Part 11. THE MELLOWING YEARS (1960-1969) -- 68. Mechanization -- 69. The Nixon Caper -- 70. Artful Art -- 71. The Hall-Burns Affair -- 72. The "Green Desert" -- 73. Hall vs. Bridges -- 74. "I'm Only in Back" -- 75. The "Fair-Haired Boy" -- 76. Politicians and Others -- 77. "Live and Let Live" -- 78. Feig the Fearless -- Part 12. DOWNHILL ALL THE WAY (1969-1971) -- 79. Leaving -- 80. Ailing -- 81. Dying -- 82. Mourning -- Acknowledgments -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index