Iron and Steel: Class, Race, and Community in Birmingham, Alabama, 1875-1920
Iron and Steel: Class, Race, and Community in Birmingham, Alabama, [Henry M. McKiven] on bahana-line.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In this study of Birmingham's iron and steel workers, Henry McKiven unravels the Iron and Steel: Class, Race, and Community in Birmingham, Alabama,
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Workers and Politics, 6. The Open Shop City 7. Remaking the Working Class 8.
Life Away from Work, 9. Workers and Politics, Notes Includes bibliographical references p. View online Borrow Buy Freely available Show 0 more links Set up My libraries How do I set up "My libraries"? These 4 locations in All: Flinders University Central Library. Open to the public ; La Trobe University Library. Borchardt Library, Melbourne Bundoora Campus.
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Ably written and thoroughly researched, Stewart's book is ample in both secondary and primary documentation. His approach is, from the viewpoint of an environmental historian, somewhat limited by his definition of landscape as the field ofinteraction between nature and culture—specifically, between nature and the culture the European colonists created. Treatment of the Native American landscape that preceded European setdement is limited, and wildlife is viewed as a food source and a danger to crops rather than an essential aspect of the environment in which a succession of human cultures thrived.
Forests are treated as a fuel source and an index to fertility; Stewart's fullest discussion of forest history comes late in the book, with his account of the upland longleaf pinewoods under the hands ofloggers in the days of the New South.
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As Stewart no doubt intended , the book is primarily an agri cultural history with environmental overtones; nature sets the limits of human striving but is never a full participant in the story. Yet the work as it stands offers a detailed and thoroughly readable case study of some important themes in a particularly appropriate local setting.
The notes and bibliography by themselves form a treasury ofinformation.
Many more such books are needed, and the South, with its patchwork quilt of subregions and its palimpsest of history, offers endless opportunities for writing them. University ofNorth Carolina Press, pp.
The Creation of Birmingham and the Problem of Labor 2. In this study of Birmingham's iron and steel workers, Henry McKiven unravels the complex connections between race relations and class struggle that shaped the city's social and economic order. If you originally registered with a username please use that to sign in. Open to the public Book; Illustrated English Show 0 more libraries Chapters devoted to these areas bolster McKiven's thesis about the importance of white workers in determining Birmingham's racial order. Tags What are tags? You are browsing titles by their Library of Congress call number classification.
Reviews 99 For many years, historians have argued that southern employers used the ideology ofwhite supremacy to divide their workforce. Realizing that effective worker protest depended on whites and blacks forging a unified labor movement, employers maintained racial divisions among employees as a means to control the entire working class.
McKiven argues that it was white workers themselves who were largely responsible for relegating blacks to the most menial jobs in Birmingham's iron and steel industries. Skilled white workers, in particular, did not trust employers ' commitment to white supremacy, fearing that companies had an interest in replacing them with cheaper black labor.
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White workers therefore used unions to control the hiring process and confine African American workers to unskilled jobs. As McKiven concludes, "white workers played a primary role in defining 'nigger work' and in the institutionalization ofBirmingham's color bar. Skillfully avoiding a narrow focus on the shop floor, the author explores the ways in which white workers fought to maintain their superior status through housing patterns, politics, and community life.
Chapters devoted to these areas bolster McKiven's thesis about the importance of white workers in determining Birmingham's racial order.