Which Side Are You On? (book)

Which Side Are You On? Trying to Be For Labor When It's Flat on Its Back is a 1991 book by Thomas Geoghegan. It was reissued by The New Press in 2004.[1] It chronicles Geoghegan's work with labor unions in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly his efforts to help steel workers at South Deering's Wisconsin Steel mill.[2]

Which Side Are You On? Trying to Be For Labor When It's Flat On Its Back
AuthorThomas Geoghegan
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreLabor studies
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date
August 1, 1991
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages352
ISBN978-0374289195

Reception

Which Side Are You On? was nominated for the 1991 National Book Critics Circle Award.[3] It earned positive reviews.[4][5][6] The New York Times referred to it as a "quirky, brilliant career memoir."[7]

Legacy

Its reputation has grown over the years. Hendrik Hertzberg, in a 2009 New Yorker article, called it "one of the finest nonfiction books by a contemporary author...a delightful book about the labor movement."[8] Alex Kotlowitz, in the Chicago Tribune, wrote that it was a "smart, irreverent, personal account of organized labor's woes, from a union sympathizer."[9]

References
  1. "Which Side Are You On?". The New Press.
  2. "Which Side Are You On?: Trying to Be for Labor When It's Flat on Its BackIts Back". Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  3. "National Book Critics Circle: awards". bookcritics.org.
  4. "Nonfiction Book Review: Which Side Are You On? by Thomas Geoghegan, Author, Thomas Georgehegan, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $19.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-374-28919-5". PublishersWeekly.com.
  5. "For Love of Labor : WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?: Trying to Be for Labor When It's Flat on Its Back By Thomas Geoghegan ; (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $19.95; 287 pp.)". Los Angeles Times. August 25, 1991.
  6. "BOOK REVIEW: Working for a Living: Which Side Are You On? - Trying To Be For Labor When It's Flat On Its Back by Thomas Geoghegan".
  7. Berman, Paul (August 11, 1991). "A Union Man From Harvard". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  8. Hertzberg, Hendrik (January 6, 2009). "Chicago's Chance…". The New Yorker – via www.newyorker.com.
  9. Kotlowitz, Alex (25 April 2004). "RECOMMENDED READING". chicagotribune.com.


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