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A fabric of defeat : the politics of South Carolina millhands, 1910-1948 / Bryant Simon.

Author/creator Simon, Bryant
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1998.
Descriptionxiv, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents The man for office is Cole Blease -- Bleasism in decline, 1924-1930 -- Searching for answers to the Great Depression -- We the people of the U.S.A. : new Deal Americanism on the mill hills -- Mr. Roosevelt ain't going to stand for this : New Deal battles, 1933-1934 -- The general textile strike, September 1934 -- The enthronement of textile labor : the 1934 governor's race -- When votes don't add up : Olin D. Johnston and the Workers' Compensation Act, 1935-1937 -- Fighting for the right to strike, 1935-1936 -- They don't like us because we're lintheads : the highway fight, 1935-1937 --The carpetbaggers are coming : the 1938 Senate race -- The new politics of race, 1938-1948.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-335) and index.
LCCN 97030011
ISBN0807824011
ISBN0807847046 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks HD8039.T42 U6682 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold