The Voice of Southern Labor: Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929-1934U of Minnesota Press, 2004 - 177 pages The 1934 strike of southern textile workers, involving nearly 400,000 mill hands, remains perhaps the largest collective mobilization of workers in U.S. history. How these workers came together in the face of the powerful and coercive opposition of management and the state is the remarkable story at the center of this book.The Voice of Southern Labor chronicles the lives and experiences of southern textile workers and provides a unique perspective on the social, cultural, and historical forces that came into play when the group struck, first in 1929, and then on a massive scale in 1934. The workers' grievances, solidarity, and native radicalism of the time were often reflected in the music they listened to and sang, and Vincent J. Roscigno and William F. Danaher offer an in-depth context for understanding this intersection of labor, politics, and culture.The authors show how the message of the southern mill hands spread throughout the region with the advent of radio and the rise of ex-mill worker musicians, and how their sense of opportunity was further bolstered by Franklin D. Roosevelt's radio speeches and policies.Vincent J. Roscigno is associate professor of sociology at Ohio State University. William F. Danaher is associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the College of Charleston. |
Table des matières
The World of the Southern Cotton Mill | 1 |
Radio in the Textile South | 19 |
The Peoples President | 32 |
The Musicians | 46 |
Music and the Mill Experience | 65 |
The General Textile Strike of 1934 | 99 |
Conclusion | 122 |
Notes | 139 |
Bibliography 155 | 155 |
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