Suggs george g (18 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. George Suggs presents the stories of 20 Ozarks water mills and Jake Wells illustrates these vignettes with drawings and watercolours. The book aims to capture the distinctive character of each of the mills.

Zustand: Very Good. 0th Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. 0th Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good copy in oblong 8vo. Front cover has a crease. White spine with bright blue titles.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 116 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this book, the author recaptures life as he lived and observed it during the Great Depression and World War II in the small southern town of Bladenboro, North Carolina. Despite this being a troublesome era, it was the author's good fortune to grow up where families were large and strong, and people knew and respected each other. Amid segregated schools and churches and other class distinctions in those 'hard times,' social and racial relations were peaceful. A Return to the 'Boro takes slices of life from this small Carolina textile town that reveal, in a small way, the caring relationships that existed among all classes at a time when the world seemed to be going to pot. It provides a glimpse of a way of life now gone. For many readers of this era, this book may provoke a trip down memory lane. If so, the author hopes that their memories will be as positive about the past as are his.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 188 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnIn this book, the author recaptures life as he lived and observed it during the Great Depression and World War II in the small southern town of Bladenboro, North Carolina. Despite this being a troublesome era, it was the author s .

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Baseball. religion. work. death. and the company storethese figured eminently in the lives of Southern cotton mill workers and their families during the early decades of the twentieth century. In this firsthand account of his native Bladenboro, North Carolina, George G. Suggs, Jr., captures in rich detail the world of a thriving cotton mill town where the company was dominant but workers had forged a strong community. Here the focus is on the workerstheir interests, personalities, and valuesin their best and in their darker moments. Ultimately we see the many dimensions of working-class culture and taste a way of life that has vanished.Drawing upon childhood memories and his father's recollections, Suggs covers events in Bladenboro during the 1930s and 40s. He describes the nature of cottonmill work, the stresses and strains produced by undesirable working conditions, and the various ways in which workers and their families learned to cope. Many characters emerge from this storyfrom the kind woman who dispensed the company fiat money to the desperate men who would gamble it away. The book explores key topics such as social rankings, medical care, the company store, and workers' responses to death. Above all, we see how faith found expression on the job and in the surrounding evangelical churches. Theworkers of Bladenboro are gone, and little remains of the mills, but this work pays tribute to lives well lived under the most challenging circumstances. …

Gebunden. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorGeorge G. Suggs, Jr. is Emeritus Professor of History at Southeast Missouri State University. He is the author of Colorado s War on Militant Unionism Union Busting in the Tri-State: The Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missou.