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Hope and Danger in the New South City: Working-Class Women and Urban Development in Atlanta, 1890-1940
Georgina Hickey
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Description for Hope and Danger in the New South City: Working-Class Women and Urban Development in Atlanta, 1890-1940
Paperback. Using newspapers, municipal documents, government investigations, organizational records, oral histories, and photographic evidence, this book relates the experience of working-class women - as community members, activists, pleasure seekers, and consumers of social services - to the process of urban development. Num Pages: 328 pages, 23 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
For Atlanta, the early decades of the twentieth century brought chaotic economic and demographic growth. Women - black and white - emerged as a visible new component of the city's population. As maids and cooks, secretaries and factory workers, these women served the ""better classes"" in their homes and businesses. They were enthusiastic patrons of the city's new commercial amusements and mothers of Atlanta's burgeoning working classes. In response to women's growing public presence, Atlanta's boosters, politicians, and reformers created a set of images that attempted to define the lives and contributions of working women. Through these images, city residents ... Read more
For Atlanta, the early decades of the twentieth century brought chaotic economic and demographic growth. Women - black and white - emerged as a visible new component of the city's population. As maids and cooks, secretaries and factory workers, these women served the ""better classes"" in their homes and businesses. They were enthusiastic patrons of the city's new commercial amusements and mothers of Atlanta's burgeoning working classes. In response to women's growing public presence, Atlanta's boosters, politicians, and reformers created a set of images that attempted to define the lives and contributions of working women. Through these images, city residents ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820327723
SKU
V9780820327723
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About Georgina Hickey
Georgina Hickey is an associate professor of history at the University of Michigan, Dearborn.
Reviews for Hope and Danger in the New South City: Working-Class Women and Urban Development in Atlanta, 1890-1940
Hickey's work will go a long way toward opening up new channels for the discovery of women's voices. - African American Review