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In Creating the Modern South, Douglas Flamming examines one hundred years in the life of the mill and the town of Dalton, Georgia, providing a uniquely perceptive view of Dixies social and economic transformation.

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title:Creating the Modern South : Millhands and Managers in Dalton, Georgia, 1884-1984 Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies
author:Flamming, Douglas.
publisher:University of North Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin:0807820563
print isbn13:9780807820568
ebook isbn13:9780807861462
language:English
subjectCrown Cotton Mills Co. (Dalton, Ga.)--History, Cotton textile industry--Georgia--Dalton--History, Dalton (Ga.)--Economic conditions, Industries--Southern States--Case studies.
publication date:1992
lcc:HD9884.U64C764 1992eb
ddc:338.7/67721/09758324
subject:Crown Cotton Mills Co. (Dalton, Ga.)--History, Cotton textile industry--Georgia--Dalton--History, Dalton (Ga.)--Economic conditions, Industries--Southern States--Case studies.
Page i
CREATING THE MODERN SOUTH
Page ii
THE FRED W. MORRISON SERIES IN SOUTHERN STUDIES
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CREATING THE MODERN SOUTH
MILLHANDS AND MANAGERS IN DALTON, GEORGIA, 1884-1984
DOUGLAS FLAMMING
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS
CHAPEL HILL AND LONDON
Page iv
1992 The University of North Carolina Press
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Flamming, Douglas.
Creating the modern South: millhands and managers in
Dalton, Georgia, 1884-1984 / Douglas Flamming.
p. cm.(The Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8078-2056-3 (alk. paper)
1. Crown Cotton Mills Co. (Dalton, Ga.)History.
2. Cotton textile industryGeorgiaDaltonHistory.
3. Dalton (Ga.)Economic conditions. 4. Southern States
IndustriesCase studies. I. Title. II. Series.
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Page v
FOR DAVE
WHOM WE LOST
AND FOR
BETSY, ANNA, CATHEY, AND SARAH
WHOM WE LOVE
Page vii
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
xv
Introduction
xxi
Beginnings: The Crown Cotton Mill of Dalton, 1884
1
PART I THE ORIGINS OF INDUSTRY, 1865-1900
1 An Economic Reconstruction
9
2 Dalton's Industrial Resolution
36
3 Patterns of Protest
56
PART II CREATING THE CROWN MILL COMMUNITY, 1900-1919
4 Managing Growth
79
5 Labor in Short Supply
97
6 The Creation of Mill-Village Paternalism
120
PART III THE FAMILY AND THE FEUD, 1920-1939
7 The Crown Mill Family
145
8 Makin' Do: Survival on Cotton-Mill Time
169
9 The Great Depression and the Union
188
10 Torn Asunder: The Strike of 1939
209

Page viii
PART IV BEYOND PATERNALISM, 1940-1969
11 Labors of War, Wars of Labor
233
12Disappearing Mill Villages in a Changing South
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