Hope and Danger in the New South City Working-Class Women and Urban Development in Atlanta, 1890-1940

Name: Hope and Danger in the New South City Working-Class Women and Urban Development in Atlanta, 1890-1940
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ISBN: 9780820327723

ISBN-10: 0820327727

ISBN-13: 9780820327723

Edition: 2003

Authors: Georgina Hickey

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For Atlanta, the early decades of the twentieth century brought chaotic economic and demographic growth. Women--black and white--emerged as a visible new component of the city's population. As maids and cooks, secretaries and factory workers, these women served the "better classes" in their homes and businesses. They were enthusiastic patrons of the city's new commercial amusements and mothers of Atlanta's burgeoning working classes. In response to women's growing public presence, Atlanta's boosters, politicians, and reformers created a set of images that attempted to define the lives and contributions of working women. Through these images, city residents expressed ambivalence toward…

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List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication date: 9/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Rising, Ever Rising



Laboring Women, Real and Imagined



Public Space and Leisure Time



Class, Community, and Welfare



Physical and Moral Health



Political Alignments and Citizenship Rights



The Transitional Twenties



The Forgotten Man Remembered


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index