{"product_id":"covering-for-the-bosses-labor-and-the-southern-press-paperback","title":"Covering for the Bosses: Labor and the Southern Press - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph B. Atkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStanley Aronowitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCovering for the Bosses: Labor and the Southern Press\u003c\/i\u003e probes the difficult relationship between the press and organized labor in the South from the past to the present day. Written by a veteran journalist and firsthand observer of the labor movement and its treatment in the region's newspapers and other media, the text focuses on the modern South that has evolved since World War II. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In gathering materials for this book, Joseph B. Atkins crisscrossed the region, interviewing workers, managers, labor organizers, immigrants, activists, and journalists, and canvassing labor archives. Using individual events to reveal the broad picture, \u003ci\u003eCovering for the Bosses\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal journey by a textile worker's son who grew up in North Carolina, worked on tobacco farms and in textile plants as a young man, and went on to cover as a reporter many of the developments described in this book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Atkins details the fall of the once-dominant textile industry and the region's emergence as the \"Sunbelt South.\" He explores the advent of \"Detroit South\" with the arrival of foreign automakers from Japan, Germany, and South Korea. And finally, he relates the effects of the influx of millions of workers from Mexico and elsewhere. \u003ci\u003eCovering for the Bosses\u003c\/i\u003e shows how, with few exceptions, the press has been a key partner in the powerful alliance of business and political interests that keep the South the nation's least unionized region.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow journalists have shortchanged the southern labor movement\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67579311128826,"sku":"9781617030482","price":61.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0845\/0133\/2218\/files\/TgnT0GeK-69781617030482.webp?v=1790416378","url":"https:\/\/eqima.store\/products\/covering-for-the-bosses-labor-and-the-southern-press-paperback","provider":"eQima Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}