Life and labor in the new New South / edited by Robert H. Zieger ; foreword by Richard Greenwald and Timothy J. Minchin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zieger, Robert H.

Series:

Working in the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor--Southern States--History.

Labor.

Labor movement--Southern States--History.

Labor movement.

History.

Southern States--Social conditions.

Southern States.

Social conditions.

Southern States--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

x, 363 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]

Summary:

This collection of essays explores the dynamic new face of southern labor. Weaving together the best work of established scholars with emerging research on ethnicity, gender, prison labor, deindustrialization, rapidly changing demographic and employment patterns, and popular response to globalization, the volume as a whole creates a distinguished profile of a southern workforce that has been dramatically transformed since 1950, with the pace of change accelerating over the past two decades. Book jacket.

Contents:

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 / Tami J. Friedman Friedman, Tami J. 16

2 John McClellan, the Teamsters, and Biracial Labor Politics in Arkansas, 1947-1959 / Michael Pierce Pierce, Michael 45

3 "A Lot Closer to What It Ought to Be": Black Women and Public-Sector Employment in Baltimore, 1950-1975 / Jane Berger Berger, Jane 76

4 Worker-Citizens at the Community Bargaining Table: The St. Louis Teamsters' Community Stewards Program in the 1950s / Robert Bussel Bussel, Robert 101

5 Chicano Labor and Multiracial Politics in Post-World War II Texas: Two Case Studies / Max Krochmal Krochmal, Max 133

6 "Slaves of the State" Revolt: Southern Prison Labor and a Prison-Made Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1980 / Robert T. Chase Chase, Robert T. 177

7 Obreros in the Peach State: The Growth of Georgia's Working-Class Mexican Immigrant Communities from a Transnational Perspective / Michael K. Bess Bess, Michael K. 214

8 Race and Labor in Memphis since the King Assassination / Michael K. Honey Honey, Michael K., David H. Ciscel Ciscel, David H. 236

9 Shutdowns in the Sun Belt: The Decline of the Textile and Apparel Industry and Deindustrialization in the South / Timothy J. Minchin Minchin, Timothy J. 258

10 A Different Kind of Union: Seiu Healthcare Florida from the Mid-1990s through 2009 / Bruce Nissen Nissen, Bruce 289

11 The Movement for Economic Democracy in the South: The Virginia Organizing Project, 1995-2004 / Michael Dennis Dennis, Michael 314.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813037950

0813037956

OCLC:

748330865