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What do we need a union for? : the TWUA in the South, 1945-1955 / Timothy J. Minchin.
LIBRA HD6515.T42 T485 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Minchin, Timothy J.
- Series:
- Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies
- The Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Textile Workers Union of America--History.
- Textile Workers Union of America.
- Textile workers--Labor unions--Southern States--History--20th century.
- Textile workers.
- Textile workers--Southern States--History--20th century.
- History.
- Textile workers--Labor unions.
- Southern States.
- Physical Description:
- 285 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- The rise in standard of living throughout the United States in the wake of World War II brought significant changes to the lives of southern textile workers. Mill workers' wages rose, their purchasing power grew, and their economic expectations increased--with little help from the unions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-271) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807823171
- 0807846252
- OCLC:
- 34878879
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