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Like Fire in Broom Straw - Southern Journalism and the Textile Strikes of 1929-1931 (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R2,205
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Like Fire in Broom Straw - Southern Journalism and the Textile Strikes of 1929-1931 (Hardcover, New): Robert W. Whalen

Like Fire in Broom Straw - Southern Journalism and the Textile Strikes of 1929-1931 (Hardcover, New)

Robert W. Whalen

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The southern textile strikes of 1929-1931 were ferocious struggles--thousands of millhands went on strike, the National Guard was deployed, several people were killed and hundreds injured and jailed. The southern press, and for a time the national press, covered the story in enormous detail. In recounting developments, southern reporters and editors found themselves swept up on a painful and sweeping re-examination and reconstruction of southern institutions and values. Whalen explores the largely unknown world of southern journalism and investigates the ways in which the upheaval in textiles triggered profound soul-searching among southerners. The southern textile strikes of 1929-1931 were ferocious struggles--thousands of millhands went on strike, the National Guard was deployed, several people were killed and hundreds injured and jailed. The southern press, and for a time the national press, covered the story in enormous detail. In recounting developments, southern reporters and editors found themselves swept up on a painful and sweeping re-examination and reconstruction of southern institutions and values. Whalen explores the largely unknown world of southern journalism and investigates the ways in which the upheaval in textiles triggered profound soul-searching among southerners.

The worlds of labor, journalism, and the American South collide in this study. That collision, Whalen claims, is the prelude to the stunning social, economic, and cultural transformation of the American South which occurred in the last half of the twentieth century. The textile strikes shocked the mind of the South, a fact that can readily be seen in hometown papers, as reporters and editors ran the gamut from denial and scheming to hoping and dreaming--sometimes even bravely confronting the truth. The reevaluation of southern manners and mores that would culminate in the Civil Rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s can be dated back to this period of turmoil.

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2001
First published: September 2001
Authors: Robert W. Whalen
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31698-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > General
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Press & journalism
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > Strikes
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
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LSN: 0-313-31698-8
Barcode: 9780313316982

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