02214oam 22004574a 450 991082641720332120240402135556.00-8173-8754-40-585-32330-5(CKB)111004368626330(EBL)1679073(OCoLC)45843600(MdBmJHUP)muse38473(MiAaPQ)EBC1679073(EXLCZ)9911100436862633019980513h19981998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCattle in the cotton fields a history of cattle raising in Alabama /Brooks Blevins1st ed.Tuscaloosa :University of Alabama Press,1998.©19981 online resource (xii, 219 pages) illustrations, mapsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-0940-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-206) and index.Contents; Preface; 1. The Melding of Traditions; 2. Piney Woods and Plantations; 3. Agricultural Progressivism and the South; 4. The Midwestern Model Meets the South; 5. Cattle in the Cotton Fields; 6. New Farmers in the New South; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; IndexCattle raising today is the most widely practiced form of agriculture in Alabama and ranks second only to the poultry industry in terms of revenue. Brooks Blevins not only relates the development and importance of the industry to agricultural practices but also presents it as an integral component of southern history, inextricably linked to issues of sectional politics, progressivism, race and class struggles, and rural depopulation. Most historians believe cattle were first introduced by the Spanish explorers and missionaries during the early decades of the 16th century.CattleAlabamaHistoryCattleHistory.636.2/009761Blevins Brooks1969-1648561MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910826417203321Cattle in the cotton fields4050414UNINA