then moves to the ineffective attempts to aid textile and apparel workers even as imports surged, the 1974 pivot by … followed. Throughout, Benton provides the often-overlooked views of workers, executives, and federal officials who instituted …

geographic scope, is an important but often overlooked industry that connects the disparate concerns of women's history, southern … cultural history, and labor history. In Striking Beauties, Michelle Haberland examines its essential features and the varied … experiences of its workers during the industry's great expansion from the late 1930s through the demise of its southern branch of …