Civil rights unionism : tobacco workers and the struggle for democracy in the mid-twentieth-century South /

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Drawing on interviews with black and white tobacco workers in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Korstad explores their confrontations against racial capitalism that consigned African Americans to the basest jobs in the industry, perpetuated low wages for all southerners and shored up white supremacy.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Korstad, Robert Rodgers (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Union of America > History > 20th century.
Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Union of America
1900-1999
Tobacco workers > Labor unions > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Travailleurs du tabac > Syndicats > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Civil rights movements
Tobacco workers > Labor unions
Southern States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Drawing on interviews with black and white tobacco workers in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Korstad explores their confrontations against racial capitalism that consigned African Americans to the basest jobs in the industry, perpetuated low wages for all southerners and shored up white supremacy.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 556 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-522) and index.
ISBN:0807862525
9780807862520
9780807827819
0807827819
9780807854549
0807854549

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