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Class, Race, and the US South
American Politics and Society through the Lens of Michael Goldfield's Work
Series: - Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume: 369
Class, Race, and the US South, a Festschrift for labour militant and political scientist Michael Goldfield, features original contributions from the most prominent contemporary historical-materialist social scientists and historians. The collectionâs uniting theme is that class, race, and the South are the most important mainsprings of American society. Combining labour history, southern history, and theoretical critiques of mainstream conceptualisations of racism, this work emphasises the working class as the primary driver of both reactionary and potentially revolutionary change.
Cody R. Melcher, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of sociology at Loyola University New Orleans, and an instructor in the prison education program at Rayburn Correctional Center in Angie, Louisiana. His published work focuses primarily on the intersection of race and class in American public opinion and political behaviour.
Olivier Maheo, Ph.D., is an associate member of the Institut dâhistoire du temps présent, University of Paris 8 / CNRS, France. He conducts research on the uses of the past and counter-narratives of race, focusing on African-American history.
Esther Cyna, Ph.D., is an associate professor of US history and society at the University of Versailles, Paris-Saclay, France. Her research examines racism in school finance in the US South from the nineteenth century to today.
Olivier Maheo, Ph.D., is an associate member of the Institut dâhistoire du temps présent, University of Paris 8 / CNRS, France. He conducts research on the uses of the past and counter-narratives of race, focusing on African-American history.
Esther Cyna, Ph.D., is an associate professor of US history and society at the University of Versailles, Paris-Saclay, France. Her research examines racism in school finance in the US South from the nineteenth century to today.
Preface
âDonna Kesselman
Editorâs Introduction
âCody R. Melcher
List of Figures
1 The Theoretical and Political Limits of âWhite Skin Privilegeâ: Advantages, Benefits, Privileges, and Bribes
âMichael Goldfield
2 Class, Race, and Capitalism: Contemporary Perspectives
âAlex Callinicos
3 Goldfieldâs Oeuvre: A Critical Engagement
âBryan D. Palmer
4 White Supremacy as a Decommodification Strategy: The Sociology of Race, W.E.B. Du Bois, and the Scholars Denied
âCody R. Melcher
5 The World War II âNo Strike Pledgeâ, Anti-Black âHate Strikesâ, and Racial Divisions in the CIO
âCharles Post
6 The United Steel Workers of America: African Americans and McCarthyism, 1945â1955
âOlivier Maheo
7 Claiming Power: Race, Gender, and the Successes of the 1968 Statewide Florida Teachersâ Strike
âJody Noll
8 Segregation and Music Consumption: Rethinking the North/South Distinction through Old-Time and Race Music
âManuel Bocquier
9 A Return Home or a Yankee Invasion? Reverse Migration to the South Since the 1970s and the Regionalization of Black Identity
âNicolaus Raulin
10 Using Michael Goldfieldâs Approach to Examine the American Southwest
âDan La Botz
11 âStorm Beyond Controlâ: Black Workers, the Republican Party, and Class Conflict in Reconstruction South Carolina
âBrian Kelly
12 Capital Reconciliation: Anti-Workerism and Evansvilleâs 1899 Blue-Gray Reunion
âMatthew E. Stanley
13 Electoral Strategy as a Union Swan Song? The Case Study of the Oklahoma Teachersâ Walkout in 2018
âMarie A. Ménard
14 âYou are the Opinion-Makers in the Communityâ: Understanding the Power and Limits of Black Disc Jockeys Organising in the 1960s
âTristan Pinet-Le Bras
15 My Long Journey: A Political and Intellectual Retrospective
âMichael Goldfield
Index
âDonna Kesselman
Editorâs Introduction
âCody R. Melcher
List of Figures
Part 1 Applications of Goldfieldâs Theoretical Framework
1 The Theoretical and Political Limits of âWhite Skin Privilegeâ: Advantages, Benefits, Privileges, and Bribes
âMichael Goldfield
2 Class, Race, and Capitalism: Contemporary Perspectives
âAlex Callinicos
3 Goldfieldâs Oeuvre: A Critical Engagement
âBryan D. Palmer
4 White Supremacy as a Decommodification Strategy: The Sociology of Race, W.E.B. Du Bois, and the Scholars Denied
âCody R. Melcher
Part 2 Interactions and Intersections
5 The World War II âNo Strike Pledgeâ, Anti-Black âHate Strikesâ, and Racial Divisions in the CIO
âCharles Post
6 The United Steel Workers of America: African Americans and McCarthyism, 1945â1955
âOlivier Maheo
7 Claiming Power: Race, Gender, and the Successes of the 1968 Statewide Florida Teachersâ Strike
âJody Noll
Part 3 (Re)Defining/(Re)Thinking the South
8 Segregation and Music Consumption: Rethinking the North/South Distinction through Old-Time and Race Music
âManuel Bocquier
9 A Return Home or a Yankee Invasion? Reverse Migration to the South Since the 1970s and the Regionalization of Black Identity
âNicolaus Raulin
10 Using Michael Goldfieldâs Approach to Examine the American Southwest
âDan La Botz
Part 4 Mobilizing Workers: Labour and Race
11 âStorm Beyond Controlâ: Black Workers, the Republican Party, and Class Conflict in Reconstruction South Carolina
âBrian Kelly
12 Capital Reconciliation: Anti-Workerism and Evansvilleâs 1899 Blue-Gray Reunion
âMatthew E. Stanley
13 Electoral Strategy as a Union Swan Song? The Case Study of the Oklahoma Teachersâ Walkout in 2018
âMarie A. Ménard
14 âYou are the Opinion-Makers in the Communityâ: Understanding the Power and Limits of Black Disc Jockeys Organising in the 1960s
âTristan Pinet-Le Bras
Part 5 A Final Word
15 My Long Journey: A Political and Intellectual Retrospective
âMichael Goldfield
Index
This book is especially relevant to anyone interested in the history of labor, the U.S. South, and contemporary discussions on race, racism, and white supremacy in the United States. It will appeal to labor activists, anti-racism activists, southern historians, labor historians, and scholars of race in the U.S.