Books in the Economy & Society in the Modern South series

This work is an institutional history of the federal War Manpower Commission and a social history of the southern labour force within the commission's province. It discusses conflicts between racial groups within labour unions, for example.

Dalton, Georgia, dominates carpet production in the United States, manufacturing 70 percent of the domestic product. This study ranges over 50 years to detail the unique environment of co-operation and competition in Dalton that fostered the rise of homegrown industry.