Southern Discomfort: Women's Activism in Tampa, Florida, 1880s-1920s
(Part of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History Series)
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Linked to the Caribbean and southern Europe as well as to the Confederacy, the Cigar City of Tampa, Florida, never fit comfortably into the biracial mold of the New South. Nancy A. Hewitt explores the interactions among distinct groups of women--native-born white, African American, Cuban and Italian immigrant women--that shaped women's activism in the vibrant, multiethnic city.
Hewitt emphasizes the process by which women forged and reformulated their activist identities from Reconstruction through the U.S. declaration of war against Spain in April 1898, the industrywide cigar strike of 1901, and the emergence of progressive reform and labor militancy. She also recasts our understanding of southern history by demonstrating how Tampa's triracial networks alternately challenged and re-inscribed the South's biracial social and political order.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0252071913
ISBN13:9780252071911
Release Date:December 2003
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Length:376 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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Activism Class Discrimination & Racism Economics Gay & Lesbian Gender Studies History Labor & Industrial Relations Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Nonfiction Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences State & Local Women's StudiesCustomer Reviews
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