These essays move us toward a more accurate picture by including the poor majority. It is high time Texas had a concentrated dose of labor history showing how very much like the rest of the country life here has been for the working class.Kyle G. Wilkison, author, Yeomen, Sharecroppers, and Socialists
|"Texas history has an acute need for this significant contribution on the lives of working people. These essays move us toward a more accurate picture by including the poor majority. It is high time Texas had a concentrated dose of labor history showing how very much like the rest of the country life here has been for the working class. Teachers who assign this collection on the actual Texas majority will be doing their students a great service."--Kyle G. Wilkison, author, Yeomen, Sharecroppers, and Socialists: Plain Folk Protest in Texas, 1870-1914
|" . . . a well edited anthology of authoritative original historical essays by a wide variety of remarkable national scholars . . . . The collection's greatest strength is that the authors recognize the importance of the multiracial southern labor dynamic in a crucial Sunbelt state that, to a significant degree, holds the key to the nation's future. . . This innovative assortment of investigations points the way for new directions of scholarly inquiry and will benefit historians and students for years to come."--Choice|"I am not aware of any comparable volume of essays on Texas labor history; thus this volume would be unique."--Alwyn Barr, Professor Emeritus of History, Texas Tech University
