Abstract
In Creating the Modern South , Douglas Flamming examines one hundred years in the life of the mill and the town of Dalton, Georgia, providing a uniquely perceptive view of Dixie's social and economic transformation. Beautifully written, it combines the rich specificity of a case study with broadly applicable synthetic conclusions.-- Technology and Culture A detailed and nuanced study of community development...Creating the Modern South is an important book and will be of interest to anyone in the field of labor history.-- Journal of Economic History A rich and provocative study...Its major contribution to our knowledge of the South is its careful account of the evolution and collapse of mill culture.-- Journal of Southern History Ambitious, and at times provocative, Creating the Modern South is a well-researched, highly readable, and engaging book.-- Journal of American History
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