Paternalism and Protest: Southern Cotton Mill Workers and Organized Labor, 1875-1905

by Melton A. McLaurin

This study offers evidence to refute the entrenched view that Southern mill workers rejected the overtures of organized labor, and shows how management's shrewd use of social, economic, and political pressures supressed serious organizational efforts there until World War I.

Hardcover

Published May 24, 1971

About the author

Melton Alonza McLaurin received his Ph.D. in American history from the University of South Carolina in 1967 and taught at the University of South Alabama prior to joining the UNCW department of history as chairperson in 1977. From 1996 until 2003 he served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, retiring in 2004. He is the author or co-author of nine books and numerous articles on various aspects of the history of the American South and race relations.