Like a family : the making of a Southern cotton mill world / Jacquelyn Dowd Hall [and five others] ; with a new afterword by the authors; foreword by Michael Frisch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Jacquelyn Dowd, author.

Contributor:

Frisch, Michael H., writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cotton trade--Southern States--History.

Cotton trade.

Cotton trade--Southern States--Employees--History.

Textile factories--Southern States--History.

Textile factories.

Southern States--Social conditions.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (541 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since its original publication in 1987, Like a Family has become a classic in the study of American labor history. Basing their research on a series of extraordinary interviews, letters, and articles from the trade press, the authors uncover the voices and experiences of workers in the Southern cotton mill industry during the 1920s and 1930s. Now with a new afterword, this edition stands as an invaluable contribution to American social history. ""The genius of Like a Family lies in its effortless integration of the history of the family--particularly women--into the his

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Sources; PART ONE: COTTON MILL PEOPLE; Chapter 1. Everything We Had; Chapter 2. Public Work; Chapter 3. From the Cradle to the Grave; PART TWO: AIR AND PROMISES; Chapter 4. Hard Rules; Chapter 5. Turn Your Radio On; Chapter 6. A Multitude of Sins; Epilogue; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Prevous ed. published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1987.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798890873644

9780807882948

0807882941

OCLC:

798534376