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Thorough, authoritative and convincing. -- Tuscaloosa News

[Woodrum] adeptly analyzes the intersections of race, class, labor policy, technological change, and globalization in what has historically been not only one of the most dangerous industries in the United States, but also one of the most studied. . . . By placing race at the center of his analysis, however, Woodrum adds a new twist to the story of job loss, community abandonment, and deindustrialization. . . . Woodrum presents a complex picture of race, class, and working-class identity, wherein interracial solidarity among the rank and file and the union's commitment to a progressive social agenda ebbed and flowed. . . . His study is therefore not only an important read for those seeking a better understanding of race and industrial change in the past, but also for workers, unions and community activists seeking a way forward in the modern era of global production and trade. -- H-Net

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Robert H. Woodrum is a visiting assistant professor of history at Clark Atlanta University.

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