What Do We Need a Union For?: The Twua in the South, 1945-1955
(Part of the Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies Series)
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The rise in standards of living throughout the U. S. in the wake of World War II brought significant changes to the lives of southern textile workers. Mill workers' wages rose, their purchasing power grew, and their economic expectations increased--with little help from the unions. Timothy Minchin argues that the reasons behind the failure of textile unions in the postwar South lie not in stereotypical assumptions of mill workers' passivity or anti-union...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807846252
ISBN13:9780807846254
Release Date:March 1997
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:296 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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