Reconsidering Southern Labor History - Race, Class, and Power (Hardcover)

The American Dream of reaching success through sheer sweat and determination rings false for countless members of today's working class. This volume shows that many of the difficulties facing modern laborers have deep roots in the history of worker exploitation in the South. Contributors make the case that the problems that have long beset southern labor, including the legacy of slavery, low wages, lack of collective bargaining rights, and repression of organized unions, have become the problems of workers across the United States. Spanning nearly all of U.S. history, from the eighteenth century to the present, the essays in this collection range from West Virginia to Florida to Texas. They examine such topics as vagrancy laws in the Early Republic, inmate labor at state penitentiaries, mine workers and union membership, pesticide exposure among farmworkers, labor activism during the civil rights movement, and foreign-owned auto factories in the rural South. They distinguish between different struggles experienced by women and men, as well as by African American, Latino, and white workers. The broad chronological sweep and comprehensive nature of Reconsidering Southern Labor History set this volume apart from any other collection on the topic in the past forty years. Presenting the latest trends in the study of the working-class South by a new generation of scholars, this volume is a surprising revelation of the historical forces behind the labor inequalities inherent today.

General

Imprint:	University Press of Florida
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2018
Editors:	Matthew Hild • Keri Leigh Merritt
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	277
ISBN-13:	978-0-8130-5697-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > General Books > History > History of other lands Promotions
LSN:	0-8130-5697-7
Barcode:	9780813056975

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