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Author Lorence, James J

Title The unemployed people's movement : leftists, liberals, and labor in Georgia, 1929-1941 / James J. Lorence
Published Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 307 pages)
Series Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South
Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South
Contents Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Depression and Response; 1. Economic Crisis as Opportunity: The Great Depression as Seedbed for Radical Activism in Georgia, 1928-1930; 2. The Employment Crisis as Catalyst: Communist Activism and the Insurrection Law, 1930-1933; 3. Beyond Atlanta: The Struggle of Georgia's Rural Jobless; 4. The Great Upheaval: A New Labor Activism, Jobless Workers, and Families in Crisis, 1933-1934; 5. Militant Labor: The Great Textile Strike of 1934 and the Problem of Unemployment
6. Serving Jobless Georgians: The New Deal and the Rise of the Unemployed Movement7. The Workers Alliance and a United Front: Jobless Workers Organize, 1937-1938; 8. Winding Down: A Revived Economy and the Decline of the Unemployed Movement, 1939-1940; 9. The Crucible of War: Unfinished Business; Epilogue: The Implications of Mass Organization; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-290) and index
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Subject Labor -- Georgia -- History
Labor movement -- Georgia -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Labor
Labor movement
Georgia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780820336428
0820336424