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The 1934 strike of southern textile workers, involving nearly 400,000 mill hands, remains perhaps the largest . Music is a key component of social movements.

The 1934 strike of southern textile workers, involving nearly 400,000 mill hands, remains perhaps the largest collective mobilization of workers in . How these workers came together in the face of the powerful and coercive opposition of management and the state is the remarkable story at the center of this book. This article addresses the relationship between music and social movements through four foci: collective identity, free space, emotions, and social movement culture. Collective identity is developed and nurtured within free spaces through the use of music.

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The 1934 strike of southern textile workers, involving nearly 400, 000 mill . Series: Social Movements, Protest and Contention (Book 19).

The 1934 strike of southern textile workers, involving nearly 400, 000 mill hands, remains perhaps the largest collective mobilization of workers in . The Voice of Southern Labor chronicles the lives and experiences of southern textile workers and provides a unique perspective on the social. William F. Danaher is associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the College of Charleston.

The year 1929 was a cornerstone in southern labor history, and a foreshadowing.

Series: Social Movements, Protest, and Contention. This yield increased to 67 percent by 1927, partially the result of the relocation of textile manufacturing operations from the North to the South. The reasons for the regional shift were plenty. The year 1929 was a cornerstone in southern labor history, and a foreshadowing.

University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis . .Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service. Roscigno, Vincent J. and William F. Danaher, The Voice of Southern Labor. Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929–1934. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis 2004.

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The 1934 strike of southern textile workers, involving nearly 400,000 mill hands, remains perhaps the largest collective mobilization of workers in . The Voice of Southern Labor chronicles the lives and experiences of southern textile workers and provides a unique perspective on the social, cultural, and historical forces that came into play when the group struck, first in 1929, and then on a massive scale in 1934.

The Voice of Southern Labor: Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929-1934, coauthored by Vincent J. Roscigno and William F. Danaher, explores the unifying effect the new medium of radio had on textile workers throughout the southeastern United States. Textile mills were drawn south after chambers of commerce promised a large workforce and very little union activity.

The Voice of Southern Labor: Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929–1934. Roscigno and Danaher explain that small-town and tenant farmers were recruited by the mills with the assurance of steady pay and good living conditions

The Voice of Southern Labor: Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929–1934. By Vincent J. Danaher. Roscigno and Danaher explain that small-town and tenant farmers were recruited by the mills with the assurance of steady pay and good living conditions. Widows with children were also drawn to the mills, to work in the spinning rooms. In addition, children were also added to mill payrolls if they were old enough.