Creating the Modern South

In Creating the Modern South, Douglas Flamming examines one hundred years in the life of the mill and the town of Dalton, Georgia, providing a uniquely perceptive view of Dixie's social and economic transformation.

""Beautifully written, it combines the rich specificity of a case study with broadly applicable synthetic conclusions.""--Technology and Culture

""A detailed and nuanced study of community development. . . . Creating the Modern South is an important book and will be of interest to anyone in the field of labor history.""--Journal of Economic History

""A rich and provocative study. . . . Its major contribution to our knowledge of the South is its careful account of the evolution and collapse of mill culture.""--Journal of Southern History

""Ambitious, and at times provocative, Creating the Modern South is a well-researched, highly readable, and engaging book.""--Journal of American History