Like a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World
(Part of the Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies Series)
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Book 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
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0393306194
ISBN13:9780393306194
Release Date:January 1989
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:468 Pages
Weight:1.04 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.2" x 7.7"
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Oral History at Its Best
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Jacquelyn Dowd Hall and the other writers of _Like a Family_ created a tour-de-force study of cotton mill towns in the American South. It is a very rare book that captures such a clear, complex sense of history; Hall balances a careful sense of detail with a sweeping picture of life in the cotton-mill South by using a combination of oral and written sources. This book is perfect for scholars and non-scholars alike, and richly conjures a full picture of this period in American history.
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