Migration and the Transformation of the Southern Workplace since 1945 [electronic resource] /
Davis, Colin J.(Colin John),1954-
Cassanello, Robert.
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
c2009.
Contributors examine the intersection of labour history and migration studies to explain the South's recent dynamism in both urban and rural settings. These essays examine the transformation of the Southern workplace since World War II, the impact migration has on workers who don't move, and the corporations and industry that have relocated below the Mason-Dixon line.
Contributors examine the intersection of labour history and migration studies to explain the South's recent dynamism in both urban and rural settings. These essays examine the transformation of the Southern workplace since World War II, the impact migration has on workers who don't move, and the corporations and industry that have relocated below the Mason-Dixon line.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From minority to majority : the Latinization of Miami's workforce, 1940-1980 / Melanie Shell-Weiss -- The price of longevity : home demonstration and rural reform in modern Florida / Kelly A. Minor -- Leaving the farm to save the farm : the poultry industry and the problem of "public work," 1950-1970 / Monica R. Gisolfi -- Latinos and blacks in the recent American South / Raymond A. Mohl -- "Wearing their own tombstones on their backs" : globalization and the coalfields of Alabama and Colombia, 1970-2003 / Robert H. Woodrum -- Tyson Foods, Holly Farms, and the rise of big chicken / Steve Striffler -- Moving capital, moving workers, and the mountain work ethic / Mariel Rose.
Description based on print version record.
Labor mobility
Internal migrants
Internal migrants
Migration, Internal
Migration, Internal
Migration, Internal