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The tribe of black Ulysses : African American lumber workers in the Jim Crow south /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, William Powell, 1970-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2005]
Series:Working class in American history.
Subjects:
African American men > Southern States > Social conditions > 20th century.
Industries > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Industrialization > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Working class > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : re-thinking the myth of black Ulysses
  • Re-making a southern lumber mill world
  • Black families between farm and factory
  • Race, class and leisure in the industrial South
  • The new deal and the new tradition
  • Race, region, and the limits of industrial unionism
  • Black working-class politics in the postwar South
  • Conclusion : a dream deferred.