Life And Labor In The New New South (working In The Americas)
by Robert H. Zieger /
2012 / English / PDF
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“Zieger has done it again! In this volume, he has put his
finger on the pulse of the most exciting current work in the
field. Anyone who doubts that the South is still a distinctive
region, or who thinks that ‘southern labor’ has become an
oxymoron, will be chastened by the scholarship in this
compelling collection.”—Alex Lichtenstein, Florida
International University
“Zieger has done it again! In this volume, he has put his
finger on the pulse of the most exciting current work in the
field. Anyone who doubts that the South is still a distinctive
region, or who thinks that ‘southern labor’ has become an
oxymoron, will be chastened by the scholarship in this
compelling collection.”—Alex Lichtenstein, Florida
International University
“Essential reading for any scholar or student who seeks better
to understand not just the working class history of the South
but also the way that power and politics has shifted in the
nation as a whole since the 1940s.”—Heather Ann Thompson,
Temple University
“Essential reading for any scholar or student who seeks better
to understand not just the working class history of the South
but also the way that power and politics has shifted in the
nation as a whole since the 1940s.”—Heather Ann Thompson,
Temple University
“The American South remains the nation’s most distinctive
region, but during the last several decades the world of work
there has been subject to virtually all of the same
tribulations that bedevil those who labor in the rest of the
country. This exceptionally fine set of essays captures much of
this historical complexity with compelling narratives of
globalization and community resistance, racism and interracial
unity, union power and impotence. It’s a new New South all
right, but the Southern accent can’t be missed.”—Nelson
Lichtenstein, MacArthur Foundation Chair in History, University
of California, Santa Barbara
“The American South remains the nation’s most distinctive
region, but during the last several decades the world of work
there has been subject to virtually all of the same
tribulations that bedevil those who labor in the rest of the
country. This exceptionally fine set of essays captures much of
this historical complexity with compelling narratives of
globalization and community resistance, racism and interracial
unity, union power and impotence. It’s a new New South all
right, but the Southern accent can’t be missed.”—Nelson
Lichtenstein, MacArthur Foundation Chair in History, University
of California, Santa Barbara
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.
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.
