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The Resource Hammer and hoe : Alabama Communists during the Great Depression, Robin D.G. Kelley

Hammer and hoe : Alabama Communists during the Great Depression, Robin D.G. Kelley

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Summary
Hammer and Hoe documents the efforts of the Alabama Communist Party and its allies to secure racial, economic, and political reforms. Sensitive to the complexities of gender, race, culture, and class without compromising the political narrative, Robin Kelley here illuminates one of the most unique and lest understood radical movements in American History
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xxiii, 369 p.
Contents
  • 1. An invisible army: jobs, relief, and the birth of a movement
  • 2. In Egyptland: the share croppers' union
  • 3. Organize or starve! : communists, labor, and antiracial violence
  • 4. In the heart of the trouble : race, sex, and the ILD
  • 5. Negroes ain' Black-but Red! : Black communists and the culture of opposition
  • 6. The road to legality : the popular front in Birmingham, 1935-1937
  • 7. The CIO's in Dixie!
  • 8. Old slaves, new deal : communists and the WPA
  • 9. The popular front in rural Alabama
  • 10. The democratic front
  • 11. The march of southern youth!
  • Epilogue. Fade to Black : the invisible army in war, revolution, and beyond
Isbn
9780807842881
Instance
Label
Hammer and hoe : Alabama Communists during the Great Depression
Title
Hammer and hoe
Title remainder
Alabama Communists during the Great Depression
Statement of responsibility
Robin D.G. Kelley
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Hammer and Hoe documents the efforts of the Alabama Communist Party and its allies to secure racial, economic, and political reforms. Sensitive to the complexities of gender, race, culture, and class without compromising the political narrative, Robin Kelley here illuminates one of the most unique and lest understood radical movements in American History
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Kelley, Robin D. G
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HX91.A2
LC item number
K45 1990
Literary form
non fiction
NAL call number
HX91.A2K45
NAL item number
1990
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
The Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Communism
  • Communists
  • Depressions
  • Communisten
  • Kommunist
  • Communism
  • Communists
  • Depressions
  • Alabama
  • Alabama
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Hammer and hoe : Alabama Communists during the Great Depression, Robin D.G. Kelley
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-333) and index
Contents
1. An invisible army: jobs, relief, and the birth of a movement -- 2. In Egyptland: the share croppers' union -- 3. Organize or starve! : communists, labor, and antiracial violence -- 4. In the heart of the trouble : race, sex, and the ILD -- 5. Negroes ain' Black-but Red! : Black communists and the culture of opposition -- 6. The road to legality : the popular front in Birmingham, 1935-1937 -- 7. The CIO's in Dixie! -- 8. Old slaves, new deal : communists and the WPA -- 9. The popular front in rural Alabama -- 10. The democratic front -- 11. The march of southern youth! -- Epilogue. Fade to Black : the invisible army in war, revolution, and beyond
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xxiii, 369 p.
Isbn
9780807842881
Isbn Type
(pbk. : alk. paper)
Lccn
^^^90050018^
Other physical details
ill.
System control number
  • (OCoLC)21375935
  • (OCoLC)ocm21375935^
Label
Hammer and hoe : Alabama Communists during the Great Depression, Robin D.G. Kelley
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-333) and index
Contents
1. An invisible army: jobs, relief, and the birth of a movement -- 2. In Egyptland: the share croppers' union -- 3. Organize or starve! : communists, labor, and antiracial violence -- 4. In the heart of the trouble : race, sex, and the ILD -- 5. Negroes ain' Black-but Red! : Black communists and the culture of opposition -- 6. The road to legality : the popular front in Birmingham, 1935-1937 -- 7. The CIO's in Dixie! -- 8. Old slaves, new deal : communists and the WPA -- 9. The popular front in rural Alabama -- 10. The democratic front -- 11. The march of southern youth! -- Epilogue. Fade to Black : the invisible army in war, revolution, and beyond
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xxiii, 369 p.
Isbn
9780807842881
Isbn Type
(pbk. : alk. paper)
Lccn
^^^90050018^
Other physical details
ill.
System control number
  • (OCoLC)21375935
  • (OCoLC)ocm21375935^

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