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Uses interviews, letters, and excerpts from the trade press to depict life in a Southern cotton mill village.

Since its original publication in 1987, Like a Family has become a classic in the study of American labor history. Basing their research on a series of extraordinary interviews, letters, and articles from the trade press, the authors uncover the voices and experiences... Read Full Overview

'Methodologically the book is significant in its subtle blend of oral and traditional history....Like a family is that rare compelling book, a delight for the academic and public, with much to say to both.' --Orville Vernon Burton, Journal of American History