Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-21 (The Working Class in American History)
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (597 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0252069331 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Through the poignant tale of miners' failed efforts to build a durable union during this period, the book also offers a compelling intervention into recent historical debates concerning race, class, and the nature of biracial unionism during the Jim Crow era." -- Choice ADVANCE PRAISE "This excellent book convincingly connects labor disputes in the Alabama coalfields of the early twentieth century with the legacy of plantation slavery in the Old South." -- W. history need to read." -- Judith Stein, author of Running Steel, Running America: Race, Econo
He examines the systematic efforts by the region's powerful industrialists to foment racial divisions as a means of splitting the workforce, preventing unionization, and holding wages to the lowest levels in the country. Kelly explores the forces that brought the black and white miners of Birmingham, Alabama, together during the hard-fought strikes of 1908 and 1920. He also details the role played by Birmingham's small but influential black middle class, whose espousal of industrial accommodation outraged black miners and revealed significant tensions within the African-American community.. In this lucid and supremely readable study, Brian Kelly challenges the prevailing notion that white workers were the main source of resistance to racial equality in the J
jack brant said The biik is quite good on its discussion of race and class in Alabama. The biik is quite good on its discussion of race and class inAlabama in the early twentieth century. I was mostly interested in the convict labor system and the unionization of coal miners in Alabama. I highly recommend this book for its discussion of the populist movement and its death in Alabama.