A common thread labor, politics, and capital mobility in the textile industry - English, Beth Anne, 1973-; ProQuest (Firm) (Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, 2006)
"Positively alarming" : Southern boosters, Piedmont Mills, and New England responses -- "Manufacturers surely cannot be expected to continue" : legislation, labor, and depression -- "A model manufacturing town" : moving to Alabama City -- "Small help" : unionization, capital mobility, and child-labor laws in Alabama -- "A general demoralization of business" : the textile depression of the 1920s -- "Dissatisfaction among labor" : the 1934 general strike -- "We kept right on organizin'" : from defeat to victory and back again.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-228) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Keywords: Dwight Manufacturing Company -- History; Cotton textile industry -- Location -- Alabama -- History; Cotton textile industry -- Massachusetts -- History; Electronic books