We Just Keep Running the Line: Black Southern Women and the Poultry Processing Industry
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1. Verfasser: Gray, LaGuana (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baton Rouge LSU Press 2014
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. "Arkansas's First Boomtown"; 2. "I Was a Single Parent-I Had to Work"; 3. "I Learned This-You Ain't Nobody!"; 4. "They Don't Expect the Human Body to Break Down!"; 5. "They Are about to Outnumber All the Different Races"; Conclusion; Appendix A. Biographies; Appendix B. Interview Questions; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
The poultry processing industry in El Dorado, Arkansas, was an economic powerhouse in the latter half of the twentieth century. It was the largest employer in the interconnected region of South Arkansas and North Louisiana surrounding El Dorado, and the fates of many related companies and farms depended on its continued financial success. We Just Keep Running the Line is the story of the rise of the poultry processing industry in El Dorado and the labor force-composed primarily of black women-upon which it came to rely.At a time when agricultural jobs were in decline and Louisiana stood at the
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233 - 265) and index
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ISBN:0807157694
9780807157695
9780807157701
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