Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-21 - Couverture souple

Kelly, Brian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0252069331 ISBN 13 : 9780252069338

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2001

Synopsis

Brian Kelly's acclaimed look at the fault lines in the society of an Alabama city challenges the notion that white workers led the resistance to racial equality in the Jim Crow South. Kelly focuses on the forces that brought the black and white miners of Birmingham, Alabama, together during the hard-fought strikes of 1908 and 1920. He examines the systematic efforts by the region's powerful industrialists to create racial divisions as a means of splitting the workforce, preventing unionization, and keeping wages the lowest in the United States. He also details the role played by Birmingham's small but influential black middle class, whose espousal of industrial accommodation outraged black miners and revealed significant tensions within the African American community.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Brian Kelly is a lecturer in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politic at Queen's University Belfast and director of the After Slavery Project.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0252069331
• ISBN 13: 9780252069338
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
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