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Life and labor in the new New South /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Working in the Americas.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.