Looking South : Race, Gender, and the Transformation of Labor from Reconstruction to Globalization /

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In the United States, cheap products made by cheap labor are in especially high demand, purchased by men and women who have watched their own wages decline and jobs disappear. 'Looking South' examines the effects of race, class, and gender in the development of the low-wage, anti-union, an...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Frederickson, Mary E.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Women > Employment.
Labor market.
Globalization > Economic aspects.
African Americans > Employment.
Textile industry
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
globalism.
Textiles et tissus > Industrie et commerce > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Mondialisation.
Noirs americains > Travail > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Marche du travail > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Textile industry > Southern States > History.
Women > Employment > Southern States > History.
African Americans > Employment > Southern States > History.
Labor market > Southern States > History.
United States.
Southern States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:In the United States, cheap products made by cheap labor are in especially high demand, purchased by men and women who have watched their own wages decline and jobs disappear. 'Looking South' examines the effects of race, class, and gender in the development of the low-wage, anti-union, and state-supported industries that marked the creation of the New South and now the Global South.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (336 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813042947

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