THE UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT: Leftists, Liberals, and Labor in Georgia, 1929-1941 (Politics and Culture in the Twentieth-Century South Ser.)

Lorence, James J.

ISBN 10: 0820338761 / ISBN 13: 9780820338767

Edité par University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, 2011

A propos de cet article

This work details the conditions in Georgia during the great depression, 1929 thru 1941. Many were out of work. Others were hard pressed during these difficult years. The jobless combined with the urban poor, sharecroppers, and tenant farmers to confront and deal with the political system which was cumbersome at best. The author shows the influence of the Communist Party in these efforts, a role much overlooked. Included are endnotes, bibliography, and an index. This copy is clean and solid.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: THE UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT: Leftists, Liberals, and Labor in Georgia, 1929-1941 (Politics and Culture in the Twentieth-Century South Ser.)
• Éditeur: University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA
• Date de parution: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0820338761
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780820338767
• Reliure: Soft cover
• État de l'article: Fine

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Synopsis

In Georgia during the Great Depression, jobless workers united with the urban poor, sharecroppers, and tenant farmers. In a collective effort that cut across race and class boundaries, they confronted an unresponsive political and social system and helped shape government policies. James J. Lorence adds significantly to our understanding of this movement, which took place far from the northeastern and midwestern sites we commonly associate with Depression-era labor struggles. Drawing on extensive archival research, including newly accessible records of the Communist Party of the United States, Lorence details interactions between various institutional and grassroots players, including organized labor, the Communist Party, the Socialist Party, liberal activists, and officials at every level of government. He shows, for example, how the Communist Party played a more central role than previously understood in the organization of the unemployed and the advancement of labor and working-class interests in Georgia. Communists gained respect among the jobless, especially African Americans, for their willingness to challenge officials, help negotiate the welfare bureaucracy, and gain access to New Deal social programs. Lorence enhances our understanding of the struggles of the poor and unemployed in a Depression-era southern state. At the same time, we are reminded of their movement's lasting legacy: the shift in popular consciousness that took place as Georgians, "influenced by a new sense of entitlement fostered by the unemployed organizations," began to conceive of new, more-equal relations with the state.

À propos de l'auteur

JAMES J. LORENCE (1937-2012) was a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County. From 2001 to 2005 he served as Eminent Scholar of History at Gainesville State College. His books include A Hard Journey, Screening America, and The Suppression of "Salt of the Earth".