Organizing the Breathless: Cotton Dust, Southern Politics, & the Brown Lung Association
Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1993. Hardcover. x, 228p., very good condition in like dj.
When grassroots activists and organizers joined forces, they faced many challenging dynamics, externally and internally, in the movement against cotton textile manufacturers. "Medical researchers, policy makers, and regulators had difficulty communicating. State regulations cost workers their health and means of support. Organizers allowed their followers to become too dependent on their ability to raise grant monies. Working-class southerners found energy and courage in the face of age and sickness but were incapable of the self-discipline necessary for long-term organization." - dustjacket.
Cat.No: 68435
ISBN: 0813118182
Price: $12.00