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Book THOUGHTS ON LABOR IN THE SOUTH

Download or read book THOUGHTS ON LABOR IN THE SOUTH written by A. D. B. 1813 McCoy and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Thoughts on Labor in the South  Past  Present and Future  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Thoughts on Labor in the South Past Present and Future Classic Reprint written by A. D. McCoy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thoughts on Labor in the South, Past, Present and Future These thoughts-are Offered as suggestions, with the hope that they may lighten the oppression of spirits, and aid to dispel the fearful forebodings of our people. Indeed, almost every man and woman we meet indicates a very dis turbed state of mind They say, Every thing is so dark now, and in the future there is no light. Upon the South has fallen that condition of which our blessed Savior speaks. In this part of the nation is distress with perplexity-men's hearts failing them for fear. Our miseries are so complica ted that we know not where to flee for refuge, and we seem to be asking, who will Show us any good? Thile the gloom is so deep the feeblest taper may be welcome. The thoughts I suggest may be to some a light. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Here Comes a Wind

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  • Author : Groesbeck Parham
  • Publisher : The Institute for Southern Studies
  • Release :
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Here Comes a Wind written by Groesbeck Parham and published by The Institute for Southern Studies. This book was released on with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toward the end of 1931, the black dust was settling in the Harlan County, Kentucky, coal fields after one of the most bitterly fought labor struggles in our nation's history. The miners were beaten, their rank-and-file organization crushed. The epithet "Bloody Harlan" survived the day and remained a symbol for that battle and those that periodically erupted for the next half century. But the proper legacy of the Harlan wars, as the veteran Hobart Grills tells us, is not the chaotic violence but the spirit of steady resistance that smolders until the changing times fan the sparks into a new flame. During the long Depression era, the winds of change blew all across the South — from the coal fields of Appalachia to the tenant farms of Arkansas, from the cotton mills of Gastonia to the automobile factories of Atlanta. It was a period rich in the South's peculiar blend of semi-organized rebellion, individual courage, and rank-and-file militancy; but its lessons were omitted from the history books. To rectify that insult, Southern Exposure published a special book-length issue on the Depression, based largely on the oral testimonies of those who were the sparks for that era's struggles. Entitled "No More Moanin'," the collection — now near the end of its second printing — has been a popular source book in union halls, university classrooms, and informal study groups.

Book The Fatal Environment

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  • Author : Richard Slotkin
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9780806130309
  • Pages : 660 pages

Download or read book The Fatal Environment written by Richard Slotkin and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the subjugation of Native Americans on the American frontier, and explains how it was used to justify American territorial expansion.

Book The Papers of Jefferson Davis

Download or read book The Papers of Jefferson Davis written by Jefferson Davis and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1997-02-01 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The New Year . . . comes in auspiciously for us,” Jefferson Davis proclaimed in January, 1863, and indeed there were grounds for optimism within the Confederacy. By September, however, various hopes for ending the conflict with the North had given way to the harsh realities of a prolonged war, increasingly confined to southern soil. Although Davis suffered poor health during much of the nine-month period, he remained an active and vital leader. Volume 9 of The Papers of Jefferson Davis gives a vivid picture of the tasks he faced. Military matters consumed most of Davis’ time. Already strained relations with Joseph E. Johnston worsened in the spring, and he was eventually relieved of his overall command of the western armies. Surrenders at Vicksburg and Port Hudson ended Confederate access to the Mississippi River, and in the East, Robert E. Lee’s stunning victory at Chancellorsville was blotted out by bloody repulse south of Gettysburg. Correspondence from Europe reveals what Davis knew of the Erlanger loan and the diminishing chances of French and British intervention. As problems for the Confederacy mounted, discontent grew. Davis received complaints from across the young country, the conscription system being of particular concern. In April he saw firsthand the unhappiness over limited resources as he took to the streets to help calm the Richmond bread riot. Over 2,000 documents, many never before published, are included in Volume 9. Eighty-one are printed with annotation, 242 more in full text, and about 1,750 others are calendared in summary form. They show Davis fighting to maintain morale and military cohesion during one of the Confederacy’s most difficult periods.

Book Reconsidering Southern Labor History

Download or read book Reconsidering Southern Labor History written by Matthew Hild and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: United Association for Labor Education Best Book Award The American Dream of reaching success through sheer sweat and determination rings false for countless members of the working classes. This volume shows that many of the difficulties facing workers today have deep roots in the history of the exploitation of labor in the South. Contributors make the case that the problems that have long beset southern labor, including the legacy of slavery, low wages, lack of collective bargaining rights, and repression of organized unions, have become the problems of workers across the country. Spanning nearly all of U.S. history, the essays in this collection range from West Virginia to Florida to Texas. They examine vagrancy laws in the early republic, inmate labor at state penitentiaries, mine workers and union membership, and strikes and the often-violent strikebreaking that followed. They also look at pesticide exposure among farmworkers, labor activism during the civil rights movement, and foreign-owned auto factories in the rural South. They distinguish between different struggles experienced by women and men, as well as by African American, Latino, and white workers. The broad chronological sweep and comprehensive nature of Reconsidering Southern Labor History set this volume apart from any other collection on the topic in the past forty years. Presenting the latest trends in the study of the working-class South by a new generation of scholars, this volume is a surprising revelation of the historical forces behind the labor inequalities inherent today. Contributors: David M. Anderson | Deborah Beckel | Thomas Brown | Dana M. Caldemeyer | Adam Carson | Theresa Case | Erin L. Conlin | Brett J. Derbes | Maria Angela Diaz | Alan Draper | Matthew Hild | Joseph E. Hower | T.R.C. Hutton | Stuart MacKay | Andrew C. McKevitt | Keri Leigh Merritt | Bethany Moreton | Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan | Michael Sistrom | Joseph M. Thompson | Linda Tvrdy

Book Research on Migration in Africa  Past  Present  and Future

Download or read book Research on Migration in Africa Past Present and Future written by Derek Byerlee and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literature survey on African rural migration, with suggestions on future directions for improved theory and research methodology for economic research on migration.

Book American Working Class History

Download or read book American Working Class History written by Maurice F. Neufeld and published by R. R. Bowker. This book was released on 1983 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Race  Class  and the State in Contemporary Sociology

Download or read book Race Class and the State in Contemporary Sociology written by Jack Niemonen and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situating Wilson's work on race and class in the overall contexts of sociology and radical politics, this book considers the contribution of, and the debate surrounding, each of his major works--including The Declining Significance of Race, The Truly Disadvantaged, and When Work Disappears. The crucial place of segregation in the critiques of Wilson's theory is emphasized, and the role of the state is considered. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book The Mind of the South

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  • Author : Charles W. Eagles
  • Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • Release : 2011-08-23
  • ISBN : 1626741050
  • Pages : 159 pages

Download or read book The Mind of the South written by Charles W. Eagles and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This probing collection of essays assesses the wide influence of W. J. Cash and the profound effect of his classic dissection of southern history. Perhaps more than any other historian, W. J. Cash revolutionized the interpretation of southern identity. In 1941, when he published The Mind of the South, he exploded the correlated myths of the Cavalier South and the New South and gave historiography a new gauge for examining Dixie. In the half century since its publication, Cash's book has lain in the path of every historian of the South. Not all, however, have expressed unified opinions about him and his influence, though few can deny how in the past fifty years his indelible and authoritative work has shaped the writing of southern history. In "The Mind of the South": Fifty Years Later eleven scholars examine this classic study and assess its enduring importance. Bruce Clayton begins by discussing the biography of Cash and tracing his sources. In the subsequent five essays Cash is praised, evaluated, criticized, defended, classified, and acknowledged to be the lion in the crossroads of southern historiography.

Book Chicago

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  • Author : John Stephen Wright
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1868
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 460 pages

Download or read book Chicago written by John Stephen Wright and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Upbuilding Black Durham

Download or read book Upbuilding Black Durham written by Leslie Brown and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-11-17 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1910s, both W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington praised the black community in Durham, North Carolina, for its exceptional race progress. Migration, urbanization, and industrialization had turned black Durham from a post-Civil War liberation community into the "capital of the black middle class." African Americans owned and operated mills, factories, churches, schools, and an array of retail services, shops, community organizations, and race institutions. Using interviews, narratives, and family stories, Leslie Brown animates the history of this remarkable city from emancipation to the civil rights era, as freedpeople and their descendants struggled among themselves and with whites to give meaning to black freedom. Brown paints Durham in the Jim Crow era as a place of dynamic change where despite common aspirations, gender and class conflicts emerged. Placing African American women at the center of the story, Brown describes how black Durham's multiple constituencies experienced a range of social conditions. Shifting the historical perspective away from seeing solidarity as essential to effective struggle or viewing dissent as a measure of weakness, Brown demonstrates that friction among African Americans generated rather than depleted energy, sparking many activist initiatives on behalf of the black community.

Book Prohibited Persons

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  • Author : Human Rights Watch (Organization)
  • Publisher : Human Rights Watch
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9781564321817
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book Prohibited Persons written by Human Rights Watch (Organization) and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 1998 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aliens Control Act

Book Federal Archeology Report

Download or read book Federal Archeology Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reflections on Canada s Past  Present and Future in International Law R  flexions sur le pass    le pr  sent et l avenir du Canada en droit international

Download or read book Reflections on Canada s Past Present and Future in International Law R flexions sur le pass le pr sent et l avenir du Canada en droit international written by Oonagh E. Fitzgerald and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2018-06-30 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marking 150 years since Confederation provides an opportunity for Canadian international law practitioners and scholars to reflect on Canada’s rich history in international law and governance, where we find ourselves today in the community of nations, and how we might help shape a future in which Canada’s rules-based and progressive approach to international law gains ascendancy. This collection of essays, each written in the official language chosen by the authors, provides a thoughtful perspective on Canada’s past and present in international law, surveys the challenges that lie before us, and offers renewed focus for Canada’s pursuit of global justice and the rule of law. Part I explores the history and practice of international law, including sources of international law, Indigenous treaties, international treaty diplomacy, domestic reception of international law, and Parliament’s role in international law. Part II explores Canada’s role in international law, governance and innovation in the broad fields of economic, environmental, and intellectual property law. Part III explores Canadian perspectives on developments in international human rights and humanitarian law, including judicial implementation of these obligations, international labour law, business and human rights, international criminal law, war crimes, child soldiers, and gender. Reflections on Canada’s Past, Present and Future in International Law/Réflexions sur le passé, le présent et l’avenir du Canada en droit international demonstrates the pivotal role that Canada has played in the development of international law and signals the essential contributions the country is poised to make in the future.

Book Federal Archeology

Download or read book Federal Archeology written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: