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Overview"Since its original publication in 1987, Like a Family has become a classic in the study of American labor history. Basing their research on a series of extraordinary interviews, letters, and articles from the trade press, the authors uncover the voices and experiences of workers in the Southern cotton mill industry during the 1920s and 1930s. Now with a new afterword, this edition stands as an invaluable contribution to American social history. """"The genius of Like a Family lies in its effortless integration of the history of the family--particularly women--into the history of the cotton-mill world.""""--Ira Berlin, New York Times Book Review """" Like a Family is history, folklore, and storytelling all rolled into one. It is a living, revelatory chronicle of life rarely observed by the academe. A powerhouse.""""--Studs Terkel """"Here is labor history in intensely human terms. Neither great impersonal forces nor deadening statistics are allowed to get in the way of people. If students of the New South want both the dimensions and the feel of life and labor in the textile industry, this book will be immensely satisfying.""""-- Choice |A classic study of labor history in the textile industry of the South during the 1920s and 30s. The authors drew from extensive interviews, letters, and newspaper articles to reconstruct the lives and struggles of factory workers and their families. This edition includes a new prologue and epilogue." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lu Ann Jones , James Leloudis , Robert Korstad , Mary MurphyPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.744kg ISBN: 9780807848791ISBN 10: 0807848794 Pages: 544 Publication Date: 14 August 2000 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis eloquent reconstruction of the cotton mill world allows us to understand and to pay homage to those who fought and lost.<p>Ira Berlin, New York Times Book Review This eloquent reconstruction of the cotton mill world allows us to understand and to pay homage to those who fought and lost.Ira Berlin, New York Times Book Review Like a Family is that rare compelling book, a delight for the academic and the public, with much to say to both. Journal of American History A work of scholarship that is both authoritative and most refreshingly undogmatic.Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World This eloquent reconstruction of the cotton mill world allows us to understand and to pay homage to those who fought and lost.Ira Berlin, New York Times Book Review This eloquent reconstruction of the cotton mill world allows us to understand and to pay homage to those who fought and lost.Ira Berlin, New York Times Book Review Like a Family is that rare compelling book, a delight for the academic and the public, with much to say to both. Journal of American History A work of scholarship that is both authoritative and most refreshingly undogmatic.Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World Diligent research and fine writing has produced a landmark work. Journal of Southern History Like a Family is the most important study of southern cotton mill workers we have ever had. Reviews in American History """Like a Family"" is that rare compelling book, a delight for the academic and the public, with much to say to both.""Journal of American History"" A work of scholarship that is both authoritative and most refreshingly undogmatic.Jonathan Yardley, ""Washington Post Book World"" This eloquent reconstruction of the cotton mill world allows us to understand and to pay homage to those who fought and lost.Ira Berlin, ""New York Times Book Review"" """"Like a Family"" is that rare compelling book, a delight for the academic and the public, with much to say to both.""Journal of American History"""" ""A work of scholarship that is both authoritative and most refreshingly undogmatic.Jonathan Yardley, ""Washington Post Book World"""" ""Like a Family"" is the most important study of southern cotton mill workers we have ever had.""Reviews in American History"" ""This eloquent reconstruction of the cotton mill world allows us to understand and to pay homage to those who fought and lost.Ira Berlin, ""New York Times Book Review"""" Diligent research and fine writing has produced a landmark work.""Journal of Southern History""" Author InformationJacquelyn Dowd Hall is professor of history and director of the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.|Jim Leloudis is professor of history, associate dean for honors, and director of the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.|0|Mary Murphy is professor of history at Montana State University.|Lu Ann Jones is associate professor of history at the University of South Florida. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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