The Politics of Whiteness : Race, Workers, and Culture in the Modern South (Politics and Society in Twentieth-century America)

The Politics of Whiteness : Race, Workers, and Culture in the Modern South (Politics and Society in Twentieth-century America)

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版/ページ数 301 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780691007311
  • DDC分類 331.0975

基本説明

Presents the first sustained analysis of white racial indentity among workers in what was the South's largest industry - the textile industry - for much of the twentieth century.

Full Description


"The Politics of Whiteness" presents the first sustained analysis of white racial identity among workers in what was the South's largest industry - the textile industry - for much of the twentieth century. Grounding her work in a study of Rome, Georgia, and surrounding Floyd County from the Great Depression to the 1970s, Michelle Brattain paints a richly textured local portrait of how the varied social benefits of whiteness shaped the experience of textile millhands and, as a result, Southern politics. In doing so, she challenges traditional views of Southern politics as dominated by elites and marked by passivity among Southern workers. Brattain uncovers considerable white working-class political influence and activism for decades starting in the 1930s - which, by re-creating and defending Southern institutions grounded in the idea of racial difference, helped pave the way for resistance to the civil rights movement. Structured chronologically, this book revises the current understanding, in the Southern working-class context, of paternalism, the New Deal, the 1934 General Textile Strike, the Second World War, and the Fair Employment Practices Commission. It addresses the vast influence of Eugene Talmadge and his son in twentieth-century Georgia politics, and the emergence of Republican influence in the South. Finally there came the moment when formerly explicit defenses of white supremacy were transformed into an intangible, but still powerful, politics of whiteness. "The Politics of Whiteness" will interest anyone concerned with the history of American politics, the labor movement, or race in America.

Contents

Acknowledgments ix List of Abbreviations xi Introduction 3 Prologue: The Politics of Whiteness 11 One: Boosterism, Whiteness, and Paternalism in the New South: The Creation of Wage Work 18 Two: "Labor's Best Friend": Talmadge, Paternalism, and the 9134 Strike 49 Three: "So-Called Fair Emplyment": World War II and Whiteness 86 Four: "Still White Man's Georgia": PAC, OPeration Dixie, and the Resourgence of Talmadgism 132 Five: "Some Romans Have Red faces": The 1948 Strikes 163 Six: Making Friends and Enemies: Politcal Action in Postwar Georgia 198 Seven: The "So-Called 'Civil Rights' Bill" and the Republicanization of Rome 231 Epilogue 273 Bibliography 283 Index 295