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The Fish Factory

Work and Meaning for Black and White Fishermen of the American Menhaden Industry

By: Barbara J. Garrity-Blake,Barbara Jean Garrity

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The Fish Factory

Work and Meaning for Black and White Fishermen of the American Menhaden Industry

By: Barbara J. Garrity-Blake,Barbara Jean Garrity

Focusing on the menhaden fishermen of the southern coastal regions, The Fish Factory is an engaging and insightful exploration of what work means to different social groups employed within the same industry. Since the nineteenth century, the menhaden industry in the South has been traditionally split between black crews and white captains. Using life histories, historical research, and anthropological fieldwork in Reedville, Virginia, and Beaufort, North Carolina, Barbara Garrity-Blake examines the relationship between these two groups and how the members of each have defined themselves in terms of their work. The author finds that for the captains and other white officers of the menhaden vessels--men "born and bred" for a life on the water--work is a key source of identity. Black crewmen, however, have insisted on a separation between work and self; they view their work primarily as a means of support rather than an end in itself. In probing the implications of this contrast, Garrity-Blake describes captain/crew relations within both an occupational context and the context of race relations in the South. She shows how those at the bottom of the shipboard hierarchy have exercised a measure of influence in a relationship at once asymmetrical and mutually dependent. She also explores how each group has reacted to the advent of technology in their industry and, most recently, to the challenges posed by those proclaiming a conservationist ethic.

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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1572333383

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The Fish Factory

Work and Meaning for Black and White Fishermen of the American Menhaden Industry

By: Barbara J. Garrity-Blake

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The Fish Factory

Work and Meaning for Black and White Fishermen of the American Menhaden Industry

By: Barbara J. Garrity-Blake

Focusing on the menhaden fishermen of the southern coastal regions, The Fish Factory is an engaging and insightful exploration of what work means to different social groups employed within the same industry. Since the nineteenth century the menhaden industry in the South has been traditionally split between black crews and white captains. Using life histories, historical research, and anthropological fieldwork in Reedville, Virginia, and Beaufort, North Carolina, Barbara J. Garrity-Blake examines the relationship between these two groups and how the members of each have defined themselves in terms of their work. The author finds that for the captains and other white officers of the menhaden vessels - men "born and bred" for a life on the water - work is a key source of identity. Black crewmen, however, have insisted on a separation between work and self; they view their work primarily as a means of support rather than as an end in itself. In probing the implications of this contrast, Garrity-Blake describes captain/crew relations within both an occupational context and the context of race relations in the South. She shows how those at the bottom of the shipboard hierarchy have exercised a measure of influence in a relationship at once asymmetrical and mutually dependent. She also explores how each group has reacted to the advent of technology in their industry and, most recently, to the challenges posed by those proclaiming a conservationist ethic.

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160

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0870498568

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Barbara Rae

Prints

By: Andrew Lambirth

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Barbara Rae

Prints

By: Andrew Lambirth

Includes chronology (p. 154-155) and index.

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Royal Academy Books

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1905711581

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Purple Mountain Majesties

The Story of Katharine Lee Bates and America the Beautiful

By: Barbara Younger

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Purple Mountain Majesties

The Story of Katharine Lee Bates and America the Beautiful

By: Barbara Younger

A brief biography of the author and college professor whose travels across the United States inspired her to write the poem which became the song "America the Beautiful.

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043907665X

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Barbara Taylor Bradford

Three Complete Novels

By: Barbara Taylor Bradford

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Barbara Taylor Bradford

Three Complete Novels

By: Barbara Taylor Bradford

An omnibus collection of three favorites by the best-selling author of 'A Woman of Substance' includes complete copies of 'Hold the Dream', 'To Be the Best', and 'Act of Will' in one romantic volume.

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Wings

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0517084708

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The Fish Factory

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