The Politics of Whiteness: Race, Workers, and Culture in the Modern South

by Michelle Brattain

The Politics of Whiteness presents the first sustained analysis of white racial identity among workers in what was the South's largest industry for much of the twentieth century: textiles. Michelle Brattain, who grounds her work in a study of Rome, Georgia, from the Great Depression to the 1970s, adds a significant new dimension to a field that before had focused primarily on antiunionism, paternalism, or mill village culture. Many scholars...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820326046
• ISBN13: 9780820326047
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"