Migration and the transformation of the modern South since 1945
By: Robert Cassanello and Colin J. Davis ; foreword by Richard Greenwald and Timothy J. Minchin.
Contributors: Davis, Colin J. 1954-
Series: Working in the Americas
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780813034034
Subjects: Migration, Internal -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century; Migration, Internal -- Northeastern States -- History -- 20th century; Migration, Internal -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century; Internal migrants -- Southern States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; Internal migrants -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Labor mobility -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century; Southern States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; Southern States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Description: Over the last forty years, the American South has become very diverse very quickly. New businesses and job opportunities in the region have driven this growth, brought an influx of capital, and attracted residents from other parts of the country and the world. Since World War II, traditionalism in the South has had to live side-by-side with a South embodying internationalism, diversity, and movement. In this volume, a group of historians, anthropologists, and other social scientists examine the intersection of labor history and migration studies to explain the South's recent dynamism in both urban and rural settings. Under the editorship of Robert Cassanello and Colin Davis, 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. --Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.