Like a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World

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Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1989-11-01
Publisher(s): W W Norton & Co Inc
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'Methodologically the book is significant in its subtle blend of oral and traditional history....Like a family is that rare compelling book, a delight for the academic and public, with much to say to both.' --Orville Vernon Burton, Journal of American History

Table of Contents

Preface xi(10)
Acknowledgments xxi(4)
Note on Sources xxv
PART ONE: COTTON MILL PEOPLE 3(180)
Chapter 1. Everything We Had
3(41)
Chapter 2. Public Work
44(70)
Chapter 3. From the Cradle to the Grave
114(69)
PART TWO: AIR AND PROMISES 183(175)
Chapter 4. Hard Rules
183(54)
Chapter 5. Turn Your Radio On
237(52)
Chapter 6. A Multitude of Sins
289(69)
Epilogue 358(7)
Notes 365(50)
Bibliography 415(30)
Index 445

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