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College Station, Texas, U.S.A.: Texas A&M University Press, Date: 2001. New. Still in shrink wrap.. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Social Studies. 2001. Texas A&M University Press ISBN 1585441678 9781585441679 [US]
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ISBN10: 1585441678, ISBN13: 9781585441679, [publisher: Texas A&M University Press] Softcover In the early twentieth century, the Upper Texas Gulf Coast was one of the fastest growing industrial areas in the country. The cotton trade had attracted railroad and ship labor to the banks of the Gulf of Mexico, numerous oil refineries sprouted up in response to the Spindletop gusher of 1901, and the shipbuilding and steel trades were also prospering as a result of the oil boom. Such economic promise attracted thousands of black laborers from across the South who hoped to find a good job and a better life. They were instead kept in low-wage jobs, refused union memberships, and restricted in their mobility. Black Unionism in the Industrial South presents the struggles of black workers who fought for equality and unionization in the heyday of Gulf Coast industry. Ernest Obadele-Starks examines the workers' responses to racial and class domination and their creative strategies to reach their goal. Facing public and corporate policy that typically deferred to white workers, blacks banded together to achieve representation in the workplace, form union auxiliaries, charter their own local unions, seal alliances with members of the black middle class, and manipulate the media to benefit their cause. Personal accounts highlight the workers' passion, even when their requests and demands resulted in little more than "gradual participation, sporadic inclusion ...
Paperback / softback. New. A presentation of the struggles of black workers who fought for equality and unionization in the heyday of Gulf Coast industry. The author examines the unionists' responses to racial and class domination and their creative strategies to reach their goals. Personal accounts are included. ISBN 1585441678 9781585441679 [GB]
ISBN10: 1585441678, ISBN13: 9781585441679, [publisher: Texas A & M University Press] Softcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. A presentation of the struggles of black workers who fought for equality and unionization in the heyday of Gulf Coast industry. The author examines the unionists' responses to racial and class domination and their creative strategies to reach their goals. Personal accounts are included. [Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
ISBN10: 1585441678, ISBN13: 9781585441679, [publisher: Texas A&M University Press] Softcover New. Fast Shipping and good customer service [Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
Texas A&M University Press, Date: 2001-06-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2001. Texas A&M University Press ISBN 1585441678 9781585441679 [US]
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