Rhonda Zingraff

Biographic Data

ID165997
NAMERhonda Zingraff
GIVEN NAMESRhonda
FAMILY NAMEZingraff
SIGNATUREZINGRAFF R
AFFILIATIONSMeredith College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS10
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1984
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX2

  • Hanging by a Thread Social Change in Southern Textiles: Social Change in Southern Textiles

    Jeffrey Leiter, Michael D Schulman et al.BOOKHanging by a Thread2019

    Hanging by a Thread brings together research by sociologists and historians on textile workers in the southern United States. The volume is divided into sections covering the history industrialization and labor recruitment in the industry, paternalism and worker protest, and a section analyzing contemporary problems

  • The "Better Angels" of Capitalism: Rhetoric, Narrative, and Moral Identity among Men of the American Upper Class

    Rhonda Zingraff, Andrew C Herman et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2000

    Mapping the Better Angels of Capitalism: Space, Place, and Story in the Moral Economy of Wealth Story Spaces of Identity: Wealth, Power, and Narrativity in the Everyday The Mastering of Fortune: Machiavelli, Masculinity, and the Subject of Virt How Much Is Enough? Counting and Accounting for Money in the Marketplace as Moral Space Stewards, Citizens, and Entrepreneurs: Discourses of Philanthropy as Manly Vocation Conclusion: The Better Angels in …

  • Union Membership and Perceived Powerlessness in Southern US Textiles

    Open AccessRhonda Zingraff, Jeffrey LeiterARTICLEThe Sociological Review1993References: 32

    Using Marxist, mass society, organizational, and social movements literatures, we distinguish alternative accounts of the relationship between union membership and perceived powerlessness. Then, we illustrate the distinctions with survey data on southern US textile workers. Logistic and ordinary least squares regression analyses suggest two interpretations for this group of workers: union membership influences perceived powerlessness by providing…

  • Hanging by a Thread: Social Change in Southern Textiles

    William Finlay, Jeffrey Leiter et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1992

  • Hanging by a Thread: Social Change in Southern Textiles

    Bess Beatty, Jeffrey Leiter et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1992

  • Hanging by a Thread: Social Change in Southern Textiles

    Mary Murphy, Jeffrey Leiter et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1992

    Journal Article Hanging by a Thread: Social Change in Southern Textiles. Ed. By Jeffrey Leiter, Michael D. Schulman, and Rhonda Zingraff. (Ithaca: ILR Press, 1991. viii + 248 pp. Cloth, $32.00. Paper, $14.95.) Get access Hanging by a Thread: Social Change in Southern Textiles. Ed. By Leiter Jeffrey Schulman Michael D. Zingraff Rhonda. (Ithaca: ILR Press, 1991. viii + 248 pp. Cloth, $32.00. Paper, $14.95.) Mary Murphy Mary Murphy Montana State Uni…

  • Hanging by a Thread: Social Change in Southern Textiles

    David L Carlton, Jeffrey Leiter et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1992Cited by: 1

  • American Management and British Labor: A Comparative Study of the Cotton Spinning Industry

    Rhonda Zingraff, Isaac CohenARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1991

    Introduction Pre-Factory Production The Choice of Technology The Management of Labor in the Early Mills The Survival of Craft Control in Britain Immigration to the United States The Break Up of Craft Control in the United States The Struggle Over Control Cotton, Coal, Iron, and Steel Appendix I: Note on the Quantitative Uses of Data on Wage Strikes Appendix II: Fall River, Lowell, and Lawrence Bibliography Index

  • Technology, Values and Society: Social Forces in Technological Change

    Rhonda Zingraff, Mitra Das et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1991

    Technology is not value-free; nor does it exist in a vacuum. It needs a social basis, is affected by it and influences it. This is illustrated by an examination of cross cultural case studies representing simple, intermediate and complex societies. Certain forms of technology exist when conducive values and structures sustain them. However, this relationship is not one way. Technological changes do precipitate social and value changes. It is impo…

  • Southern Capitalism: The Political Economy of North Carolina 1880-1980

    Rhonda Zingraff, Rhonda M Zingraff et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1988

  • Hard Times Cotton Mill Girls

    Rhonda Zingraff, Rhonda M Zingraff et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1987

  • Race, Gender, Class Consciousness and Union Support: An Analysis of Southern Textile Workers

    Open AccessMichael D Schulman, Michale Schulman et al.ARTICLESociological Quarterly1985Cited by: 7References: 24

    This paper examines race and gender differences in class consciousness and union support among a random sample of textile workers in a small North Carolina city. Class consciousness is treated as an ordinal variable consisting of class verbalization, class action orientation, and endorsement of egalitarian change. Union support denotes a recognition of the union's instrumental role in improving work and working conditions. The analysis reveals th…

  • Social Bases of Class Consciousness: A Study of Southern Textile Workers with a Comparison by Race

    Rhonda Zingraff, Michael D Schulman et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1984Cited by: 2

    Journal Article Social Bases of Class Consciousness: A Study of Southern Textile Workers with a Comparison by Race Get access Rhonda Zingraff, Rhonda Zingraff Meredith College Address correspondence to Rhonda Zingraff, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC 27611. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael D. Schulman Michael D. Schulman North Carolina State University Search f…