Covering for the bosses : labor and the Southern press / Joseph B. Atkins ; foreword by Stanley Aronowitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkins, Joseph B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor movement--Press coverage--Southern States--History--20th century.

Labor movement.

Strikes and lockouts--Press coverage--Southern States--History--20th century.

Strikes and lockouts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Covering for the Bosses: Labor and the Southern Press probes the difficult relationship between the press and organized labor in the South from the past to the present day. Written by a veteran journalist and first-hand observer of the labor movement and its treatment in the region's newspapers and other media, the text focuses on the modern South that has evolved since World War II. In gathering materials for this book, Joseph B. Atkins crisscrossed the region, interviewing workers, managers, labor organizers, immigrants, activists, and journalists, and canvassing labor archives. Using indivi

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Labor, the Southern Press, and the Civil War That Never Ended; CHAPTER 2 Labor in the Old New South; CHAPTER 3 The CIO and Operation Dixie: A "Lamp of Democracy" in the South; CHAPTER 4 Labor, Civil Rights, and Memphis; CHAPTER 5 Labor, Race, and the Mississippi Press; CHAPTER 6 The Sunbelt South and Its Shadows; CHAPTER 7 Southern Exposure: "A New Style of Southern Journalism"; CHAPTER 8 Pillowtex Says Goodnight; CHAPTER 9 Wal-Mart Conquers the World; CHAPTER 10 Charleston: "The First Major Labor Battle of the Twenty-first Century"

CHAPTER 11 Detroit SouthCHAPTER 12 Immigrants from a Deeper South; POSTSCRIPT: My Hometown: From Tobacco and Textiles to an Iglesia on Main Street; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-247) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-48600-4

9786612486005

1-60473-325-X

OCLC:

317402629