Reconsidering Southern Labor History

• Utgivningsdatum: 2020-11-17
• Mått: 152 x 228 x 18 mm
• Vikt: 455 g
• Format: Häftad
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 318
• Förlag: University Press of Florida
• ISBN: 9780813068312

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Matthew Hild is lecturer in the School of History and Sociology at the Georgia Institute of Technology and instructor in the Department of History at the University of West Georgia. He is the author of several books, including Arkansas's Gilded Age: The Rise, Decline, and Legacy of Populism and Working-Class Protest. Keri Leigh Merritt, an independent scholar in Atlanta, Georgia, is the author of Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South.

Rich and comprehensive. . . . A central strength of the volume is its chronological scope, which incorporates studies of slavery, Reconstruction, and the Gilded Age that have been neglected by previous essay collections." - Journal of American History"Use[s] innovative methodologies and fresh perspectives to make a strong case that the struggles of southern workers are central to understanding the history of the region and the nation, as well as the futures of both."—Journal of Southern History"Offers chronological breadth, portrays the complex and dynamic history of southern workers across race and ethnicity, and raises important questions about the state of southern labor history." - Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas"Although the collection is ambitious in its scope, spanning the 1790s to the 2010s, the essays are concise and easily digestible. . . . Illustrates that labor arrangements are as important now as they have been since abolition." - North Carolina Historical Review"A superb collection of essays devoted to the struggles of southern workers." - Louisiana History

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