Creating the Modern South: Millhands and Managers in Dalton, Georgia, 1884-1984 Paperback - 1995
by Douglas Flamming
Built by local entrepreneurs during Dixie's post-Civil War textile boom, the Crown Cotton Mill in Dalton, Georgia, acted as a magnet for thousands of newly impoverished white farm families who moved to the factory and its company-owned village from the surrounding countryside. Flamming examines 100 years in the life of the mill and the town.
First line
In 1886 a roving journalist stepped off the train at Dalton and surveyed the tow.
From the rear cover
In this book, the author examines one hundred years in the life of the mill and the town of Dalton, Georgia, providing a uniquely perceptive view of Dixie's social and economic transformation.
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- Title Creating the Modern South: Millhands and Managers in Dalton, Georgia, 1884-1984
- Author Douglas Flamming
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 468
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC
- Date 1995-11-20
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780807845455 / 0807845450
- Weight 1.44 lbs (0.65 kg)
- Dimensions 9.31 x 6.11 x 0.99 in (23.65 x 15.52 x 2.51 cm)
- Reading level 1430
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region: South
- Geographic Orientation: Georgia
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92053624
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.7
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