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Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-21
Brian Kelly
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Paperback. Challenging the prevailing notion that white workers were the main source of resistance to racial equality in the Jim Crow South, the author explores the forces that brought the black and white miners of Birmingham, Alabama, together during the hard-fought strikes of 1908 and 1920. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Brian Kelly's acclaimed look at the fault lines in the society of an Alabama city challenges the notion that white workers led the resistance to racial equality in the Jim Crow South. Kelly focuses on the forces that brought the black and white miners of Birmingham, Alabama, together during the hard-fought strikes of 1908 and 1920. He examines the systematic efforts by the region's powerful industrialists to create racial divisions as a means of splitting the workforce, preventing unionization, and keeping wages the lowest in the United States. He also details the role played by Birmingham's small but influential black ... Read more
Brian Kelly's acclaimed look at the fault lines in the society of an Alabama city challenges the notion that white workers led the resistance to racial equality in the Jim Crow South. Kelly focuses on the forces that brought the black and white miners of Birmingham, Alabama, together during the hard-fought strikes of 1908 and 1920. He examines the systematic efforts by the region's powerful industrialists to create racial divisions as a means of splitting the workforce, preventing unionization, and keeping wages the lowest in the United States. He also details the role played by Birmingham's small but influential black ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
The Working Class in American History
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252069338
SKU
V9780252069338
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About Brian Kelly
Brian Kelly is a lecturer in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politic at Queen's University Belfast and director of the After Slavery Project.
Reviews for Race, Class, and Power in the Alabama Coalfields, 1908-21
Winner of the Francis B. Simkins Award, given by the Southern Historical Association, 2003. Winner of the H. L. Mitchell Award given by the Southern Historical Association, 2002. Winner of the Isaac Deutscher Memorial Prize, 2002. A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2002. Winner of the Richard L. Wentworth Prize in American History, 2001. "This is a good book ... Read more