Striking Beauties: Women Apparel Workers in the U.S. South, 1930-2000
- ISBN-10
- 0820325848
- ISBN-13
- 9780820325842
- Category
- Clothing and dress
- Pages
- 228
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-12-30
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Author
- Michelle Haberland
Description
Apparel manufacturing in the American South, by virtue of its size, its reliance upon female labor, and its broad geographic scope, is an important but often overlooked industry that connects the disparate concerns of women's history, southern cultural history, and labor history. In Striking Beauties, Michelle Haberland examines its essential features and the varied experiences of its workers during the industry's great expansion from the late 1930s through the demise of its southern branch at the end of the twentieth century. The popular conception of the early twentieth-century South as largely agrarian informs many histories of industry and labor in the United States. But as Haberland demonstrates, the apparel industry became a key part of the southern economy after the Great Depression and a major driver of southern industrialization. The gender and racial composition of the workforce, the growth of trade unions, technology, and capital investment were all powerful forces in apparel's migration south. Yet those same forces also revealed the tensions caused by racial and gender inequities not only in the region but in the nation at large. Striking Beauties places the struggles of working women for racial and economic justice in the larger context of southern history. The role of women as the primary consumers of the family placed them in a critical position to influence the success or failure of boycotts, union label programs and ultimately solidarity.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2015-03-01
- 248 pages
- Ebook
- University of Georgia Press
-
- 2015
- 228 pages
- Paperback
- University of Georgia Press
Similar books
-
Victorias Secret: Keeping Up in a Changing Industry
By Karen Robson, Leyland PittVictorias Secret, a powerful player in the womens undergarment industry, built a highly sexual brand image around tall, thin models.
-
Human Body: A Wearable Product Designer's Guide
By Karen S. Ryan, Karen Louise Labat"A CRC title, part of the Taylor & Francis imprint, a member of the Taylor & Francis Group, the academic division of T&F Informa plc."
-
1001 Secrets of Feminine Cross Dressing: A Practical Handbok for the Stylish Transvestite
By Louise Allen1001 Secrets of Feminine Cross Dressing: A Practical Handbok for the Stylish Transvestite
-
Oscar Wilde on Dress: Including The Philosophy of Dress by Oscar Wilde, in Print for the First Time in 128...
By Oscar WildeIncluding The Philosophy Of Dress by Oscar Wilde. In print for the first time in 128 Years, and in book form for the first time ever. The work now forms the centerpiece of this unique collection of Wilde's writings on dress.
-
Good Garb: A Practical Guide to Practical Clothing
By William Dasheff, Laura DearbornFig.4-51 Fig.4-49 Royal Robbins is another highly respected mountaineer outfitter . Mr. Robbins himself is a famous figure in climbing . He has a collection of mountain wear which is composed principally of beautiful , beefy 100 ...
-
Lewis & Clark, Tailor Made, Trail Worn: Army Life, Clothing & Weapons of the Corps of Discovery
By Robert John Moore, Michael HaynesJohnson, ct al., Historic Colonial French Dress, pp. 18-19:Jamcs Austin Hanson and KathrynJ. Wilson. Tlie Mountain Man's Sketchbook, Volume 1 (Chadron. Nebraska: The Fur Press. 1976): James Austin Hanson.
-
The Civil War
By Karen TaschekRight: Generals Robert E. Lee (Martin Sheen) and James Kemper (Royce D. Applegate) discuss Confederate strategy in this scene from the movie Gettysburg (1993). General Kemper is quite the swashbuckler here with his long white gloves and ...
-
The Three Young Maniacs and the Red Rubber Boots
By Karen Berman NagelThree young creatures resist their mother's directions in getting them dressed to play outside in the snow.
-
Moors Dressed as Moors: Clothing, Social Distinction and Ethnicity in Early Modern Iberia
By Javier Irigoyen-GarcíaClothing, Social Distinction and Ethnicity in Early Modern Iberia Javier Irigoyen-García. Bermúdez de Pedraza, Francisco. Historia eclesiástica, principios y ... Ed. Juan Francisco Andrés de Uztárroz. Zaragoza: Diego Dormer, 1641.
-
La elegancia de Sammy
By Karen Evans, Kathleen UrmstonFiction, Reading Recovery Level 7, F&P Level E, DRA2 Level 6, Theme Colors/Seasons, Stage Early, Character N/A