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Working in the Big Easy : the history and politics of labor in New Orleans / Thomas J. Adams and Steve Striffler.
Lippincott Library HD8085.N49 A33 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Thomas Jessen, author.
- Striffler, Steve, 1967- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.
- Working class--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.
- Labor unions--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.
- Labor unions.
- History.
- Working class.
- Labor.
- New Orleans (La.)--Race relations--History.
- Race relations.
- Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 278 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lafayette, LA : University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- 1 The Peculiar Waterfront: the Crescent City and the Rewriting of the History of Race and Labor in the United States / Eric Arnesen Arnesen, Eric 1
- 2 La Nouvelle Orleans: Rebuilding a Nascent City from the 1719 Flood to the 1794 Fire / Celine Ugolini Ugolini, Celine 33
- 3 Mobility is Built in the Market: Black Women and Markets in New Orleans Before 1820 / Demetri Debe Debe, Demetri 49
- 4 Interracial Unionism Meets the Open Shop Drive: African American Membership in the Carmen's Union, 1918-1926 / Michael Mizell-Nelson Mizell-Nelson, Michael 69
- 5 "Brother, I guess this is a world of money": Centrality of Economics and Employment to New Orleans Voodoo during the Great Depression / Kodi Roberts Roberts, Kodi 99
- 6 "Cream with Our Coffee": Preservation Hall, Organized Labor, and New Orleans's Musical Color Line, 1957-1969 / Elizabeth Manley Manley, Elizabeth 131
- 7 "Just Like Ole' Mammy Used to Make": the History of the New Orleans Praline Woman / Chanda M. Nunez Nunez, Chanda M. 163
- 8 Sex, Drugs, and Violence, Just Another Night on Bourbon Street in Joe Longo's "S.I.N.ners" / Nancy Dixon Dixon, Nancy 191
- 9 Organizing and Rebuilding a Nuevo New Orleans: Day Labor Organizing in the Big Easy / Lorena Murga Aurelia Aurelia, Lorena Murga 211
- 10 Ascriptive Segmentation Between Good and Bad Jobs: New Orleans Restaurants and Construction Workers / Aaron Schneider Schneider, Aaron, Saru Jayaraman Jayaraman, Saru 229.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1935754335
- 9781935754336
- OCLC:
- 871037246
- Publisher Number:
- 99962547002
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