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

by Michelle Brattain

Book Overview

The Politics of Whiteness presents the first sustained analysis of white racial identity among workers in what was the South's largest industry--the textile industry--for much of the twentieth century. Grounding her work in a study of Rome, Georgia, and surrounding Floyd County from the Great Depression to the 1970s, Michelle Brattain paints a richly textured local portrait of how the varied social benefits of whiteness shaped the experience of textile...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007YZXDIU
• ISBN13: 9780691007311
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.3"