An edited collection tracing three centuries of labor in New Orleans — from enslaved workers and dockworkers to restaurant industry employees and undocumented immigrants — that makes a substantive case for the city as a distinctive and underexamined site in American labor history.
Edited by Thomas J. Adams and Steve Striffler, the volume brings together scholars across disciplines to examine discrete cases in New Orleans labor history while building a broader argument: that the city offers unusual potential for integrating urban, labor, political, and ethnic history into a single analytical frame. Contributors address subjects ranging from building trades and streetcar men to voodoo practitioners, Preservation Hall, and praline vendors, revealing the full texture of who has built and rebuilt this city across generations.
- Thomas J. Adams and Steve Striffler, Editors
- Published in 2014
- Softcover
- 294 pages
- Published by University of New Orleans Press
- ISBN: 9781935754336
An edited collection tracing three centuries of labor in New Orleans — from enslaved workers and dockworkers to restaurant industry employees and undocumented immigrants — that makes a substantive case for the city as a distinctive and underexamined site in American labor history.
Edited by Thomas J. Adams and Steve Striffler, the volume brings together scholars across disciplines to examine discrete cases in New Orleans labor history while building a broader argument: that the city offers unusual potential for integrating urban, labor, political, and ethnic history into a single analytical frame. Contributors address subjects ranging from building trades and streetcar men to voodoo practitioners, Preservation Hall, and praline vendors, revealing the full texture of who has built and rebuilt this city across generations.
- Thomas J. Adams and Steve Striffler, Editors
- Published in 2014
- Softcover
- 294 pages
- Published by University of New Orleans Press
- ISBN: 9781935754336