Covering for the bosses
Subtitle: labor and the Southern press
By: Joseph B. Atkins ; foreword by Stanley Aronowitz.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781934110805
Subjects: Labor movement -- Press coverage -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century; Strikes and lockouts -- Press coverage -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
Description: "Covering for the Bosses: Labor and the Southern Press probes the difficult relationship between the press and organized labor in the South from the past to the present day. Written by a veteran journalist and firsthand observer of the labor movement and its treatment in the region's newspapers and other media, the text focuses on the modern South that has evolved since World War II." "Using individual events to reveal the broad picture, Covering for the Bosses is a personal journey by a textile worker's son who grew up in North Carolina, worked on tobacco farms and in textile plants as a young man, and went on to cover as a reporter many of the developments described in this book."--book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-247) and index.