The Cotton Plantation South since the Civil War
"The plantation," writes Charles Aiken, "is among the most misunderstood institutions of American history. The demise of the plantation has been pronounced many times, but the large industrial farms survive as significant parts of, not just the South's, but the nation's agri...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Edición: | First edition |
| Colección: | Creating the North American landscape.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422355906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Overview of the southern plantation
- From old south to new south plantation
- The demise of the plantation
- Mechanization of the plantation
- The world of plantation blacks
- Mobilization
- Confrontation
- The war on poverty
- School desegregation
- The right to vote : an illusive black power
- New settlement patterns
- Quest for a nonagrarian economy
- Epilogue.
