For Jobs and Freedom
Race and Labor in America since 1865
Published on 26. October 2007
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-0-8131-2460-5 (ISBN)
Description
" Inspiring short biographies of some of Kentucky's unsung heroines -- Jenny Wiley, Lucy Audubon, Malinda Gatewood Bibb, Laura Clay, Enid Yandell, Cora Wilson Stewart, Mary Breckinridge, Alice Allison Dunnigan, and Loretta Lynn. These women had a vision of a better life for themselves and for others and the courage to make their ideas become real.
Reviews / Votes
Zieger's scholarship is always judicious, balanced, thorough, relentlessly intelligent, and beautifully crafted. A marvelous book. - Kevin Boyle, author of Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age ""Offers an admirable synthesis of the racial policies of the labor movement, the place and activities of black workers within it, and the promises and limits of union interracialism. For Jobs and Freedom promises to be the definitive treatment of these issues for a good while."" - Alex Lichtenstein, author of Twice the Work of Free Labor: The Political Economy of Convict Labor in the New SouthMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lexington
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
29 photos
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8131-2460-5 (9780813124605)
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Robert H. Zieger is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Florida and the author of several books, including American Workers, American Unions, The CIO: 1935-1950 and John L. Lewis: Labor Leader.