| Description |
x, 236 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South |
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Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-228) and index. |
| Contents |
"Positively alarming" : Southern boosters, Piedmont Mills, and New England responses -- "Manufacturers surely cannot be expected to continue" : legislation, labor, and depression -- "A model manufacturing town" : moving to Alabama City -- "Small help" : unionization, capital mobility, and child-labor laws in Alabama -- "A general demoralization of business" : the textile depression of the 1920s -- "Dissatisfaction among labor" : the 1934 general strike -- "We kept right on organizin'" : from defeat to victory and back again. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Dwight Manufacturing Company -- History.
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Cotton textile industry -- Location -- Alabama -- History.
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Cotton textile industry -- Massachusetts -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0820326283 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780820326283 (hbk.) |
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9780820336695 |
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