The Maya of Morganton : work and community in the nuevo new south / Leon Fink, with research assistance from Alvis E. Dunn.
"In 2003, Leon Fink published his oral history of Guatemalan and Mexican migrants in Morganton, North Carolina, and their fight for unionization in a poultry processing plant. In the years since, Fink remained in touch with many of the people he profiled in the book, and in 2022 he returned to Morganton to interview them and talk with their children, new migrants in the area, and community leaders, particularly women. Their conversations covered a wide range of topics, including labor struggles and victories, grassroots and electoral political organizing, social activism (especially on issues affecting undocumented migrants), class mobility for second-generation migrants, and new cooperative worker-owned institutions, including a bookstore, a textile factory, and a preschool. This revised and expanded edition of The Maya of Morganton reveals what Fink found on his return to Morganton, documenting two decades of continuity and change in a new preface and chapter. Together with the original material, the book presents a comprehensive yet intimate examination of the migrant experience in western North Carolina"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781469682112
- ISBN: 1469682117
- Physical Description: xvi, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: Revised and expanded edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2024]
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The way it is in Morganton -- Flight of the happy farmers -- How the dead helped to organize the living -- No one leader -- The workers are ready -- Changing places -- Sticking together -- Revisiting the Maya of Morganton.
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- Poultry plants > North Carolina > Morganton > Employees.
Mayas > North Carolina > Morganton.
Foreign workers, Guatemalan > North Carolina > Morganton.
Labor disputes > North Carolina > Morganton.
Poultry plants > Employees > Labor unions > North Carolina > Morganton.
Poultry plants > Employees > Labor unions > North Carolina.
Available copies
- 6 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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Holds
- 1 current hold with 8 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 331.62 FIN (Text) | 37810435627814 | Local History Reference | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | 331.627281 FIN (Text) | 0020514004769 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | 331.627281 FIN (Text) | 0020514004785 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/14/2026 |
| Government and Heritage Library | 331.6272 F499m 2024 (Text) | 33091008411357 | NC Research Room | Available | - |
| North Asheville Library | 331.627281 FIN (Text) | 0020514004751 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | 331.627281 FIN (Text) | 0020514004744 | Adult Nonfiction | On holds shelf | - |
| South Buncombe/Skyland Library | 331.627281 FIN (Text) | 0020513777985 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Weaverville Library | 331.627281 FIN (Text) | 0020514004777 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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