1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009724570403321

Autore

Kamal, Salih

Titolo

Rural-urban transformation and regional underdevelopment : the case of Malaysia / Kamal Salih

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Giappone : United Nations Centre for Regional Development, 1979

Descrizione fisica

x, 503 p. ; 26 cm

Locazione

DECTS

Collocazione

ISVE R01/1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910494573103321

Autore

Roll Jarod

Titolo

Poor man's fortune : white working-class conservatism in American metal mining, 1850–1950 / / Jarod Roll

Pubbl/distr/stampa

The University of North Carolina Press

Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , [2020]

©[2020]

ISBN

9798890858085

9781469656304

1469656302

9781469656311

1469656310

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

North Carolina scholarship online

Disciplina

305.9/622344097309034

305.9622344097309034

Soggetti

White nationalism

Masculinity - Economic aspects

Conservatism - Tri-State Mining District - History

Working class men - Attitudes

Working class white people - Attitudes

Miners - Tri-State Mining District - History - 20th century

Miners - Tri-State Mining District - History - 19th century



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Finding's keeping -- The favorite of fortune -- Nothing but his labor -- The Joplin man simply takes his chances -- The American boy has held his own -- Red-blooded, rugged individuals -- Back to work.

Sommario/riassunto

"White working-class conservatives have played a decisive role in American history, particularly in their opposition to social justice movements, radical critiques of capitalism, and government help for the poor and sick. While this pattern is largely seen as a post-1960s development, 'Poor Man's Fortune' tells a different story, excavating the long history of white working-class conservatism in the century from the Civil War to World War II. With a close study of metal miners in the Tri-State district of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, Jarod Roll reveals why successive generations of white, native-born men willingly and repeatedly opposed labor unions and government-led health and safety reforms, even during the New Deal"--