[PDF] A Natural Born Linthead eBook

Author : JL Strickland
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 41,7 MB
Release : 2012-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1469608464

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I would stand outside the mill fence mesmerized by the shadows of pumping Jacquard loom arms on the opaque windowpanes. I had found where I wanted to go. It looked like fun to me. It looked like magic. It didn't take long for that silly notion to be knocked out of my head. But, I persevered and, as the years passed, lint became my life." This article appears in the Winter 2012 issue of Southern Cultures. The full issue is also available as an ebook. Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for the Study of the American South.

Author : Patrick Huber
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 42,92 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Music
ISBN : 0807832251

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An exploration of the origins and development of American country music in the Piedmont's mill villages celebrates the colorful cast of musicians and considers the impact that urban living, industrial music, and mass culture had on their lives and music.

Author : Harry L. Watson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 42,75 MB
Release : 2012-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0807837652

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In the Winter 2012 issue of Southern Cultures… The Great Debate: NASCAR vs. College Football Undercover: Inside the World of the Debutante On the Backroads: Country Stores and the Days of Yore A Look at the Numbers: Race and Region in the American South and Beyond Autobiography: Cotton Milling in Alabama and Understanding Personal Identity in the South . . . and more. Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for the Study of the American South.

Author : Thomas K. Perry
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,14 MB
Release : 2004-02-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786418756

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After the Civil War, the Yankee textile industry began a steady transfer south, bringing with it the tradition of a mill village, usually owned by the mill's owner, where the workers and their families lived. The new game of baseball quickly became a foundation of mill village life. A rich tradition of textile league baseball in South Carolina is here reconstructed from newspaper accounts and interviews with former players and fans. Players such as "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and Champ Osteen made their marks as "lintheads" in these semipro leagues. The fierce rivalries between competing mills and the impact of the teams on mill life are recounted. Appendices list club records and rosters for many of the teams from 1880 through 1955.

Author : Anne Rivers Siddons
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 24,97 MB
Release : 2008-05-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1416544968

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A woman rises out of poverty to rule a family dynasty, in this extravagant Southern tale of greed and manipulation by a "New York Times"-bestselling author.

Author : Jacquelyn Dowd Hall
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 43,20 MB
Release : 2012-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0807882941

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Since its original publication in 1987, Like a Family has become a classic in the study of American labor history. Basing their research on a series of extraordinary interviews, letters, and articles from the trade press, the authors uncover the voices and experiences of workers in the Southern cotton mill industry during the 1920s and 1930s. Now with a new afterword, this edition stands as an invaluable contribution to American social history. "The genius of Like a Family lies in its effortless integration of the history of the family--particularly women--into the history of the cotton-mill world.--Ira Berlin, New York Times Book Review "Like a Family is history, folklore, and storytelling all rolled into one. It is a living, revelatory chronicle of life rarely observed by the academe. A powerhouse.--Studs Terkel "Here is labor history in intensely human terms. Neither great impersonal forces nor deadening statistics are allowed to get in the way of people. If students of the New South want both the dimensions and the feel of life and labor in the textile industry, this book will be immensely satisfying.--Choice

Author : Charles Reagan Wilson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 14,44 MB
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 146961670X

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This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture addresses the cultural, social, and intellectual terrain of myth, manners, and historical memory in the American South. Evaluating how a distinct southern identity has been created, recreated, and performed through memories that blur the line between fact and fiction, this volume paints a broad, multihued picture of the region seen through the lenses of belief and cultural practice. The 95 entries here represent a substantial revision and expansion of the material on historical memory and manners in the original edition. They address such matters as myths and memories surrounding the Old South and the Civil War; stereotypes and traditions related to the body, sexuality, gender, and family (such as debutante balls and beauty pageants); institutions and places associated with historical memory (such as cemeteries, monuments, and museums); and specific subjects and objects of myths, including the Confederate flag and Graceland. Together, they offer a compelling portrait of the "southern way of life" as it has been imagined, lived, and contested.

Author : Paul Oliver
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,26 MB
Release : 1984-09-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521269421

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Paul Oliver rediscovers the wealth of neglected vocal traditions represented on Race records.