Böcker av Lu Ann Jones

In the 1980s, The Nature Conservancy began work on the fast-growing Outer Banks by protecting Nags Head Woods, one of the last intact maritime forests on the East Coast that was in danger of becoming a housing development. Based on oral histories, this book documents the social and cultural history of a community that worked the land and waters of this unique place.

Farm women of the 20th century have been portrayed as oppressed, worn out and isolated. Building upon oral histories, Lu Ann Jones presents these women as consumers, producers and agents of economic and cultural change.

First published in 1987, this text is based on a series of interviews, letters and articles from the trade press. It uncovers the voices and experiences of workers in the Southern cotton mill industry during the 1920s and 1930s, and offers a significant contribution to American social history.