Joseph B. Atkins
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781934110805
- eISBN:
- 9781604733259
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781934110805.003.0006
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This chapter explores the “Sunbelt South” region through the perspectives of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor Henry Utger and Black newspaper publisher and political leader Carol Zippert. ...
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This chapter explores the “Sunbelt South” region through the perspectives of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor Henry Utger and Black newspaper publisher and political leader Carol Zippert. According to Carol, the Sunbelt South had the same racial divide as that of the Old South, but the only difference was that the race issue was submerged under the politics of fiscal conservatism. Utger argued that the South still suffers the same labor issues that plagued it decades ago, pointing out that the anti-unionist attitude of business owners is still rampant in the region.Less
This chapter explores the “Sunbelt South” region through the perspectives of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor Henry Utger and Black newspaper publisher and political leader Carol Zippert. According to Carol, the Sunbelt South had the same racial divide as that of the Old South, but the only difference was that the race issue was submerged under the politics of fiscal conservatism. Utger argued that the South still suffers the same labor issues that plagued it decades ago, pointing out that the anti-unionist attitude of business owners is still rampant in the region.
Joseph B. Atkins
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781934110805
- eISBN:
- 9781604733259
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781934110805.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This book probes the difficult relationship between the press and organized labor in the South from the past to the present day. Written by a veteran journalist and first-hand observer of the labor ...
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This book probes the difficult relationship between the press and organized labor in the South from the past to the present day. Written by a veteran journalist and first-hand observer of the labor movement and its treatment in the region’s newspapers and other media, the text focuses on the modern South that has evolved since World War II. In gathering materials for this book, the author crisscrossed the region, interviewing workers, managers, labor organizers, immigrants, activists, and journalists, and canvassing labor archives. Using individual events to reveal the broad picture, the book is a personal journey by a textile worker’s son who grew up in North Carolina, worked on tobacco farms and in textile plants as a young man, and went on to cover as a reporter many of the developments described in this book. The author details the fall of the once-dominant textile industry and the region’s emergence as the “Sunbelt South.” He explores the advent of “Detroit South” with the arrival of foreign automakers from Japan, Germany, and South Korea. And finally he relates the effects of the influx of millions of workers from Mexico and elsewhere. The book shows how, with few exceptions, the press has been a key partner in the powerful alliance of business and political interests that keep the South the nation’s least-unionized region.Less
This book probes the difficult relationship between the press and organized labor in the South from the past to the present day. Written by a veteran journalist and first-hand observer of the labor movement and its treatment in the region’s newspapers and other media, the text focuses on the modern South that has evolved since World War II. In gathering materials for this book, the author crisscrossed the region, interviewing workers, managers, labor organizers, immigrants, activists, and journalists, and canvassing labor archives. Using individual events to reveal the broad picture, the book is a personal journey by a textile worker’s son who grew up in North Carolina, worked on tobacco farms and in textile plants as a young man, and went on to cover as a reporter many of the developments described in this book. The author details the fall of the once-dominant textile industry and the region’s emergence as the “Sunbelt South.” He explores the advent of “Detroit South” with the arrival of foreign automakers from Japan, Germany, and South Korea. And finally he relates the effects of the influx of millions of workers from Mexico and elsewhere. The book shows how, with few exceptions, the press has been a key partner in the powerful alliance of business and political interests that keep the South the nation’s least-unionized region.
Michael Dennis
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813032917
- eISBN:
- 9780813038407
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813032917.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
The technological revolution of the late 20th century conjures up images of California's Silicon Valley, NASDAQ stock traders on Wall Street, and techno-savvy hipsters in Seattle. States like Texas, ...
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The technological revolution of the late 20th century conjures up images of California's Silicon Valley, NASDAQ stock traders on Wall Street, and techno-savvy hipsters in Seattle. States like Texas, North Carolina, and Virginia are frequently forgotten as hubs of high-tech industry and leading sponsors of the “New Economy” business ideals that transformed American life in the 1990s. This book explores the result of the Sunbelt South's success in attracting both high-tech and manufacturing firms with promises of minimal taxes, anti-union policies, and a business-friendly attitude. Drawing from a close study of northern Virginia — a region that was a frontier battleground for many of the new management philosophies that emerged during the 1990s — the author provides evidence that local communities can be as much a driving force for change in the worldwide marketplace as metropolitan areas or so-called global cities.Less
The technological revolution of the late 20th century conjures up images of California's Silicon Valley, NASDAQ stock traders on Wall Street, and techno-savvy hipsters in Seattle. States like Texas, North Carolina, and Virginia are frequently forgotten as hubs of high-tech industry and leading sponsors of the “New Economy” business ideals that transformed American life in the 1990s. This book explores the result of the Sunbelt South's success in attracting both high-tech and manufacturing firms with promises of minimal taxes, anti-union policies, and a business-friendly attitude. Drawing from a close study of northern Virginia — a region that was a frontier battleground for many of the new management philosophies that emerged during the 1990s — the author provides evidence that local communities can be as much a driving force for change in the worldwide marketplace as metropolitan areas or so-called global cities.
Andrew W. Kahrl
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781469628721
- eISBN:
- 9781469628745
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469628721.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
The introduction situates the story of African American beaches within the broader social and environmental history of the coastal South. It explains why black landownership proliferated along ...
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The introduction situates the story of African American beaches within the broader social and environmental history of the coastal South. It explains why black landownership proliferated along southern coasts and waterways in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and how the coastal South during this period differed in key respects from the region as a whole. It surveys the landscape of racial segregation and black exclusion in leisure and recreational spaces, and explains how black beaches served a vital function in the forging of black communities and cultures under Jim Crow. It introduces the book’s main themes, including the concept of “coastal capitalism,” and discusses the important legislative acts, federal agencies, and social, economic, and technological changes and developments that were instrumental in facilitating its rise.Less
The introduction situates the story of African American beaches within the broader social and environmental history of the coastal South. It explains why black landownership proliferated along southern coasts and waterways in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and how the coastal South during this period differed in key respects from the region as a whole. It surveys the landscape of racial segregation and black exclusion in leisure and recreational spaces, and explains how black beaches served a vital function in the forging of black communities and cultures under Jim Crow. It introduces the book’s main themes, including the concept of “coastal capitalism,” and discusses the important legislative acts, federal agencies, and social, economic, and technological changes and developments that were instrumental in facilitating its rise.
Andrew W. Kahrl
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781469628721
- eISBN:
- 9781469628745
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469628721.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
The chapter follows the demise of Jim Crow and rise of the modern Sunbelt and examines its impact on African American coastal landowners and coastal ecologies. It does so by telling the histories of ...
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The chapter follows the demise of Jim Crow and rise of the modern Sunbelt and examines its impact on African American coastal landowners and coastal ecologies. It does so by telling the histories of the sites profiled in the preceding chapters from the 1960s to the present. It shows how black beaches faced a similar set of challenges in the post-segregated Sunbelt South, including smaller crowds and declining revenue, hostile and indifferent public officials, and predatory land speculators. It catalogs the instruments of displacement and dispossession used by speculators and developers to acquire black-owned land, and tells the stories of African Americans who lost their property due to fraud, deception, and other highly unethical but often legal practices. Particular emphasis is paid to the impact of environmental disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and reckless over-development of coastal areas on historically black communities, as well as changes in the political economy of the South that fueled the growth of corporate-owned resorts, hotels, and gated communities.Less
The chapter follows the demise of Jim Crow and rise of the modern Sunbelt and examines its impact on African American coastal landowners and coastal ecologies. It does so by telling the histories of the sites profiled in the preceding chapters from the 1960s to the present. It shows how black beaches faced a similar set of challenges in the post-segregated Sunbelt South, including smaller crowds and declining revenue, hostile and indifferent public officials, and predatory land speculators. It catalogs the instruments of displacement and dispossession used by speculators and developers to acquire black-owned land, and tells the stories of African Americans who lost their property due to fraud, deception, and other highly unethical but often legal practices. Particular emphasis is paid to the impact of environmental disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and reckless over-development of coastal areas on historically black communities, as well as changes in the political economy of the South that fueled the growth of corporate-owned resorts, hotels, and gated communities.
