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Author Simon, Bryant.

Title A fabric of defeat : the politics of South Carolina millhands, 1910-1948 / Bryant Simon.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1998]
©1998

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 Moore Stacks  HD8039.T42 U6682 1998    Available  ---
Description xiv, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-335) and index.
Contents The man for office is Cole Blease -- Bleasism in decline, 1924-1930 -- Searching for answers to the Great Depression -- We the people of the U.S.A. : new Deal Americanism on the mill hills -- Mr. Roosevelt ain't going to stand for this : New Deal battles, 1933-1934 -- The general textile strike, September 1934 -- The enthronement of textile labor : the 1934 governor's race -- When votes don't add up : Olin D. Johnston and the Workers' Compensation Act, 1935-1937 -- Fighting for the right to strike, 1935-1936 -- They don't like us because we're lintheads : the highway fight, 1935-1937 --The carpetbaggers are coming : the 1938 Senate race -- The new politics of race, 1938-1948.
Subject Textile workers -- Political activity -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century.
Textile workers -- Political activity.
South Carolina.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Textile workers.
Cotton textile industry -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century.
Cotton textile industry.
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1865-1950
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
United States.
ISBN 0807847046 paperback
0807824011