University of North Carolina Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. University of North Carolina Press ISBN 0807847046 9780807847046 [US]

ISBN10: 0807847046, ISBN13: 9780807847046, [publisher: The University of North Carolina Press] Softcover First Edition Very light overall wear and rubbing on the covers. The University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Trade Paperback First Edition,First Printing. The book condition is Near Fine.
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Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Very Good. Date: 1998. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 0807847046 . Some highlighting, with notes in margins and on ffep. A clean, tight copy. ; Height: 9.25 Inches, Length: 6.13 Inches, Weight: 1.1 Pounds, Width: 0.91 I; 362 pages . 1998. University of North Carolina Press ISBN 0807847046 9780807847046 [US]

The University of North Carolina Press 1998 First Edition Trade Paperback Near Fine. No Jacket as Issued Size: 6x0x9; Very light overall wear and rubbing on the covers. The University of North Carolina Press, 1998. Trade Paperback First Edition, First Printing. The book condition is Near Fine.

University of North Carolina Press, Date: 1998-06-15. 1. paperback. Used:Good. 1998. University of North Carolina Press ISBN 0807847046 9780807847046 [US]

Univ of North Carolina Pr, Date: 1998. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 368 pages. 9.50x6.00x0.75 inches. 1998. Univ of North Carolina Pr ISBN 0807847046 9780807847046 [GB]

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The A Fabric of Defeat: The Politics of South Carolina Millhands, 1910-1948. ISBN 0807847046 9780807847046 [GB]

ISBN10: 0807847046, ISBN13: 9780807847046, [publisher: The University Of North Carolina Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - In this book, Bryant Simon brings to life the politics of white South Carolina millhands during the first half of the twentieth century. His revealing and moving account explores how this group of southern laborers thought about and participated in politics and public power.Taking a broad view of politics, Simon looks at laborers as they engaged in political activity in many venues--at the polling station, on front porches, and on the shop floor--and examines their political involvement at the local, state, and national levels. He describes the campaign styles and rhetoric of such politicians as Coleman Blease and Olin Johnston (himself a former millhand), who eagerly sought the workers' votes. He draws a detailed picture of mill workers casting ballots, carrying placards, marching on the state capital, writing to lawmakers, and picketing factories. These millhands' politics reflected their public and private thoughts about whiteness and blacknesswar and the New Deal, democracy and justice, gender and sexuality, class relations and consumption.Ultimately, the people depicted here are neither romanticized nor dismissed as the stereotypically racist and uneducated 'rednecks' found in many accounts of southern politics. Southern workers understood the political and social forces that ...
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