Class, Race, and the US South : American Politics and Society through the Lens of Michael Goldfield's Work

Class, Race, and the US South is a Festschrift celebrating the life and work of the labor militant and political scientist Michael Goldfield.The book features original contributions from the most prominent contemporary historical-materialist social scientists and historians.The collection’s uniting theme is that class, race, and the South are the most important mainsprings of American society.Combining labor history, southern history, and theoretical critiques of mainstream conceptualizations of racism, this work emphasizes the working class as the primary driver of both reactionary and potentially revolutionary change.