ISBN:
9780190079352
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressourcece.
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
DDC:
331.09750904
Keywords:
Labor movement History 20th century
;
Labor unions History 20th century
;
Industries History 20th century
Abstract:
The South is today, as it always has been, the key to understanding American society, its politics, its constitutional anomalies and government structure, its culture, its social relations, its music and literature, its media focus, its blind spots, and virtually everything else. 'The Southern Key' argues that much of what is important in American politics and society today was largely shaped by the successes and failures of the labor movements of the 1930s and 1940s, and most notably the failures of southern labor organizing during this period. It also argues that these failures, despite some important successes in organizing interracial unions, left the South (and consequentially much of the rest of the United States as well) racially backward and open to right-wing demagoguery.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2020
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780190079321.001.0001
URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190079321.001.0001
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