Creating the Modern South: Millhands and Managers in Dalton, Georgia, 1884-1984

by Douglas Flamming

Book Overview

Built by local entrepreneurs during Dixie's Cotton Mill in Dalton, Georgia, acted as a magnet for thousands of newly impoverished white farm families who moved to the factory and its company-owned village from the surrounding countryside. In Creating the Modern South, Douglas Flamming examines one hundred years in the life of the mill and the town, providing a uniquely perceptive view of Dixie's social and economic transformation.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807845450
• ISBN13: 9780807845455
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

rich and engaging book

This book tells the story of Dalton, Georgia, and how the textile mill led to its development. It is a very detailed look at the townspeople and their struggles throughout a century. It provides a unique and perceptive view of the South's economic and social transformation beginning during the aftermath of the Civil War and continuing with the rise of technology into the Reagan years.