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1 online resource (x, 363 pages :) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Working in the Americas
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Working in the Americas.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This collection of essays explores the dynamic new face of Southern labour since 1950, examining such topics as southern deindustrialisation, union activism in the healthcare industry, labour-community coalitions, the politics of southern anti-unionism, and immigrant labour in southern agriculture. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Southern Workers in a Changing Economy; 1. "How Can Greenville Get New Industry to Come Here If We Get the Label of a C.I.O. Town?": Capital Migration and the Limits of Unionism in the Postwar South; 2. John McClellan, the Teamsters, and Biracial Labor Politics in Arkansas, 1947-1959; 3. "A Lot Closer to What It Ought to Be": Black Women and Public-Sector Employment in Baltimore, 1950-1975; 4. Worker-Citizens at the Community Bargaining Table: The St. Louis Teamsters' Community Stewards Program in the 1950s. |
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5. Chicano Labor and Multiracial Politics in Post-World War II Texas: Two Case Studies6. "Slaves of the State" Revolt: Southern Prison Labor and a Prison-Made Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1980; 7. Obreros in the Peach State: The Growth of Georgia's Working-Class Mexican Immigrant Communities from a Transnational Perspective; 8. Race and Labor in Memphis since the King Assassination; 9. Shutdowns in the Sun Belt: The Decline of the Textile and Apparel Industry and Deindustrialization in the South; 10. A Different Kind of Union: SEIU Healthcare Florida from the Mid-1990s through 2009. |
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11. The Movement for Economic Democracy in the South: The Virginia Organizing Project, 1995-2004List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Labor movement -- Southern States -- History.
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Labor movement. |
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Southern States. |
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History. |
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Labor -- Southern States -- History.
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Labor. |
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Southern States -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
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Southern States -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Zieger, Robert H.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zieger, Robert H. Life and Labor in the New New South. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2012 9780813037950 |
| ISBN |
9780813042725 (electronic book) |
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0813042720 (electronic book) |
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0813037956 |
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9780813037950 |
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