African American life in the rural South, 1900-1950 / / edited by R. Douglas Hurt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910829168503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2003
• ISBN: 0-8262-6375-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: vi, 227 p. : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): HurtR. Douglas
• Disciplina: 975/.0049607301734
• Soggetti: African Americans - Southern States - History - 20th century; African Americans - Southern States - Social conditions - 20th century; African American farmers - Southern States - History - 20th century; Agriculture - Social aspects - Southern States - History - 20th century; Sharecropping - Southern States - History - 20th century; Southern States History 1865-1951; Southern States Race relations; Southern States Rural conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Lookin' for Better All the Time -- A Crude and Raw Past -- Of the Least and the Most -- Shifting Boundaries -- African American Rural Culture, 1900-1950 -- Benign Public Policies, Malignant Consequences, and the Demise of African American Agriculture -- I Have Been through Fire -- Exit, Voice, and Loyalty -- Suggested Readings -- Contributors -- Index.