Contesting the new South order : the 1914-1915 strike at Atlanta's Fulton Mills / Clifford M. Kuhn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuhn, Cliff.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Strike, Atlanta, Ga., 1914-1915--History.

Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Strike, Atlanta, Ga., 1914-1915.

Strikes and lockouts--Cotton manufacture--Georgia--Atlanta--History.

Strikes and lockouts.

Industrial relations--Southern States--Case studies.

Industrial relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

New South order

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In May 1914, workers walked off their jobs at Atlanta's Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, launching a lengthy strike that was at the heart of the American Federation of Labor's first major attempt to organize southern workers in over a decade. In its celebrity, the Fulton Mills strike was the regional contemporary of the well-known industrial conflicts in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and Ludlow, Colorado. Although ultimately unsuccessful, the strike was an important episode in the development of the New South, and as Clifford Kuhn demonstrates, its story sheds light on the industrialization, urbanizati

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations, Maps, Figures, Table; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6; CHAPTER 7; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-288) and index.

ISBN:

9798890869227

9780807875308

0807875309

OCLC:

559112268