The Unemployed People's Movement - Leftists, Liberals, and Labor in Georgia, 1929-1941

Informationen zum Autor JAMES J. LORENCE (1937-2012) was a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County. From 2001 to 2005 he served as Eminent Scholar of History at Gainesville State College. His books include A Hard Journey , Screening America , and The Suppression of "Salt of the Earth" . Klappentext In Georgia during the Great Depression! jobless workers united with the urban poor! sharecroppers! and tenant farmers. In a collective effort that cut across race and class boundaries! they confronted an unresponsive political and social system and helped shape government policies. James J. Lorence adds significantly to our understanding of this movement! which took place far from the northeastern and midwestern sites we commonly associate with Depression-era labor struggles.

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• Authors: James Lorence, James J Lorence, James J. Lorence
• Assisted by: Jane Dailey (Editor), Bryant Simon (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2011
• EAN: 9780820338767
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-3876-7
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Politics and Culture in the Tw; Politics and Culture in the Tw
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Politische Strukturen und Prozesse, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, History - U.S., USA Süden, South Atlantic States, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations