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Waterfront Workers of New Orleans: Race, Class and Politics 1863–1923

Eric Arnesen
Edition: hb
ISBN: 9780195053807
Publisher: Oxford
Release Date: 2008-05-23
ITEM OVERVIEW
Bridging the gap between African-American and labor history, Waterfront Workers of New Orleans focuses on ten thousand black and white riverfront workers and class and race relations from the turbulent Civil War and Reconstruction years to the early-twentieth century's age of segregation.

"Sits at the crossroads of southern, labor, and African-American history, offering its readers a fascinating ride through several generations of complex experience." —Journal of Southern History