"Over the first two-thirds of the twentieth century, as many as eight million whites left the economically depressed southern countryside and migrated to the booming factory towns and cities of the industrial Midwest in search of work. The "hillibilly highway" was one of the largest i...

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1. Verfasser:	Fraser, Max (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Princeton, New Jersey Princetion University Press [2023]
Schriftenreihe:	Politics and society in modern America
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1900-2000 Indigenes Volk Umsiedlung Arbeiterbewegung Appalachen-Gebiet USA > Mittlerer Westen Labor mobility / Middle West / History / 20th century Rural-urban migration / Appalachian Region, Southern / History / 20th century Migration, Internal / United States / History / 20th century Appalachians (People) / Migrations / History / 20th century Appalachians (People) / Relocation / Middle West / History / 20th century Working class white people / United States / Social conditions / 20th century United States / Population SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural
Zusammenfassung:	"Over the first two-thirds of the twentieth century, as many as eight million whites left the economically depressed southern countryside and migrated to the booming factory towns and cities of the industrial Midwest in search of work. The "hillibilly highway" was one of the largest internal relocations of poor and working people in American history, yet it has largely escaped close study by historians. In Hillbilly Highway, Max Fraser recovers the long-overlooked story of this massive demographic event and reveals how it has profoundly influenced American history and culture--from the modern industrial labor movement and the postwar urban crisis to the rise of today's white working-class conservatives. The book draws on a diverse range of sources--from government reports, industry archives, and union records to novels, memoirs, oral histories, and country music--to narrate the distinctive class experience that unfolded across the Transppalachian migration during these critical decades. As the migration became a terrain of both social advancement and marginalization, it knit together white working-class communities across the Upper South and the Midwest--bringing into being a new cultural region that remains a contested battleground in American politics to the present" --
Beschreibung:	v, 320 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm
ISBN:	9780691191119