04032nam 22007453u 450 991082299380332120230126213318.01-4529-4396-6(CKB)3710000000217737(EBL)1762164(SSID)ssj0001288212(PQKBManifestationID)11949725(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001288212(PQKBWorkID)11291920(PQKB)10903364(MiAaPQ)EBC1762164(EXLCZ)99371000000021773720140818d2014|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrBackwater Blues[electronic resource] The Mississippi Flood of 1927 in the African American ImaginationMinneapolis University of Minnesota Press20141 online resource (224 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-7926-6 Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: John Lee Hooker's Blues; 1 Down the Line: Blues Brilliance, Displacement, and Living under the Shadow of Levees; 2 Burning Waters Rise: Richard Wright's Blues Voice and the Double Environmental Burden of Race; 3 Racialized Charity and the Militarization of Flood Relief in Postwar America; 4 Where Sixteen Railroads Meet the Sea: Migration and the Making of Houston's Frenchtown; 5 Every Day Seems Like Murder Here: The Mississippi Flood Control Project in New Deal-Era America; Conclusion: When the Levee Breaks; Notes; Selected Discography; Index; ABC; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZThe Mississippi River flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in U.S. history, reshaping the social and cultural landscape as well as the physical environment. Often remembered as an event that altered flood control policy and elevated the stature of powerful politicians, Richard M. Mizelle Jr. examines the place of the flood within African American cultural memory and the profound ways it influenced migration patterns in the United States.In Backwater Blues, Mizelle analyzes the disaster through the lenses of race and charity, blues music, and mobility and labor. The book's title cAfrican Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th centuryAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryDisaster victims -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryFloods -- Mississippi River -- History -- 20th centuryUnited States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th centuryAfrican AmericansSocial conditions20th centuryMississippi RiverAfrican AmericansMigrationsHistory20th centurySouthern StatesFloodsHistory20th centuryDisaster victimsSocial conditions20th CenturyGender & Ethnic StudiesHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCEthnic & Race StudiesHILCCAfrican Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century.Disaster victims -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.Floods -- Mississippi River -- History -- 20th century.United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.African AmericansSocial conditionsAfrican AmericansMigrationsHistoryFloodsHistoryDisaster victimsSocial conditionsGender & Ethnic StudiesSocial SciencesEthnic & Race Studies305.896305.8960730750904Mizelle Jr Richard M1702172AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910822993803321Backwater Blues4086514UNINA