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Author : Gilbert C. Fite
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0783758030
Author : Gilbert C. Fite
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813184692
No general history of southern farming since the end of slavery has been published until now. For the first time, Gilbert C. Fite has drawn together the many threads that make up commercial agricultural development in the eleven states of the old Confederacy, to explain why agricultural change was so slow in the South, and then to show how the agents of change worked after 1933 to destroy the old and produce a new agriculture. Fite traces the decline and departure of King Cotton as the hard taskmaster of the region, and the replacement of cotton by a somewhat more democratically rewarding group of farm products: poultry, cattle, swine; soybeans; citrus and other fruits; vegetables; rice; dairy products; and forest products. He shows how such crop changes were related to other developments, such as the rise of a capital base in the South, mainly after World War II; technological innovation in farming equipment; and urbanization and regional population shifts. Based largely upon primary sources, Cotton Fields No More will become the standard work on post-Civil War agriculture in the South. It will be welcomed by students of the American South and of United States agriculture, economic, and social history.
Author : Stephen Cresswell
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496836915
Mississippi saw great change in the four decades after Reconstruction. Between 1877 and 1917 the state transformed. Its cities increased rapidly in size and saw the advent of electric lights, streetcars, and moving pictures. Farmers diversified their operations, sharply increasing their production of corn, sweet potatoes, and dairy products. Mississippians built large textile mills in a number of cities and increased the number of manufacturing workers tenfold. But many things did not change. In 1917 as in 1877, Mississippi was a top cotton producer and relied more heavily on cotton than on any other product. In 1917 as in 1877 the state had troubled race relations and was all too often the site of lynchings and race riots. Compared with other states in 1917, Mississippi was near the bottom of the list for length of the school year, for percentage of farms that boasted tractors, and for the number of miles of paved or gravel roads. Mississippi was the least urban and most agricultural state in the nation. Rednecks, Redeemers, and Race: Mississippi after Reconstruction, 1877–1917 examines the paradox of significant change alongside many unbroken continuities. It explores the reasons Mississippi was not more successful in urbanizing, in industrializing, and in reducing its reliance on cotton. The volume closes by looking at events that would move Mississippi closer to the national mainstream.
Author : Jonathan Robins
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781580465670
The story of how African farmers, African-American scientists, and British businessmen struggled to turn colonial Africa into a major cotton exporter.
Author : Neil R. McMillen
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 025206156X
"Remarkable for its relentless truth-telling, and the depth and thoroughness of its investigation, for the freshness of its sources, and for the shock power of its findings. Even a reader who is not unfamiliar with the sources and literature of the subject can be jolted by its impact."--C. Vann Woodward, New York Review of Books "Dark Journey is a superb piece of scholarship, a book that all students of southern and African-American history will find valuable and informative."--David J. Garrow, Georgia Historical Quarterly
Author : Nicole Mellow
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801888120
Why are some eras of American politics characterized by broad, bipartisan harmony and others by rancorous partisanship? In The State of Disunion, Nicole Mellow argues that these oscillations are a product of how the two major parties respond, or fail to respond, to the demands of regional constituents. While scholars have long believed that in the twentieth century the nation supplanted regions as the engine of American politics, Mellow uncovers a contrary dynamic. She shows the ways that the clashes and confluences of regional interests reconstruct the nation. By giving regions pride of place, The State of Disunion offers a compelling explanation of how America went from the consensus of the early post-World War II decades to a fractured, "red versus blue" country at the close of the twentieth century. According to Mellow, regions remain a vital consideration in electoral battles because they fuse material and ideological expectations of voters. This wide-ranging analysis of congressional battles over trade, welfare, and abortion since the 1960s demonstrates how regional economic, racial, and cultural divisions have configured national party building and today's legislative conflicts and how these divisions will continue to shape American politics for years to come. The State of Disunion broadens social scientists' understanding of American politics by displaying the conceptual insights of political geography combined with the rich tapestry of political history. Mellow offers a new way to comprehend the meaning and significance of American partisanship for our time and for the future.
Author : William D. Bryan
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780820353388
Using the lens of environmental history, William D. Bryan provides a sweeping reinterpretation of the post–Civil War South by framing the New South as a struggle over environmental stewardship. For more than six decades, scholars have caricatured southerners as so desperate for economic growth that they rapaciously consumed the region’s abundant natural resources. Yet business leaders and public officials did not see profit and environmental quality as mutually exclusive goals, and they promoted methods of conserving resources that they thought would ensure long-term economic growth. Southerners called this idea "permanence." But permanence was a contested concept, and these businesspeople clashed with other stakeholders as they struggled to find new ways of using valuable resources. The Price of Permanence shows how these struggles indelibly shaped the modern South. Bryan writes the region into the national conservation movement for the first time and shows that business leaders played a key role shaping the ideals of American conservationists. This book also dismantles one of the most persistent caricatures of southerners: that they had little interest in environmental quality. Conservation provided white elites with a tool for social control, and this is the first work to show how struggles over resource policy fueled Jim Crow. The ideology of "permanence" protected some resources but did not prevent degradation of the environment overall, and The Price of Permanence ultimately uses lessons from the New South to reflect on sustainability today.
Author : Joseph D. Greene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1587364603
Moving from rural Georgia in 1959 with $35 saved from picking cotton and a high school diploma tucked away in his pocket, Joseph D. Greene embarked on a long journey in pursuit of success. His first stop landed him a job with an insurance company as a door-to-door salesman. After a long string of promotions, he became executive vice president/chief marketing officer and a member of the company's board of directors. He continued his education while enjoying an astounding fast-track career, earning a bachelor's and master's degree. The author's commitment to public service would lead to a series of firsts. He became the first African-American elected to public office in McDuffie County, Georgia when he was elected to the county's board of education. He would become the first African-American to sit on dozens of governing boards. He would eventually become chairman of Georgia's University System Board of Regents, presiding over the state's thirty-four colleges and universities. Today, in addition to teaching at Augusta State University, Greene serves as a director of the Georgia Council on Economic Education, conducts financial-planning workshops, and publishes articles on finance and economics. Joseph Greene's triumph over poverty and adversity will inspire you to look at your own life and ask if you've done everything you can to pursue your own dreams, be the best you can be, and give back to your community.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1950-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010372394
Author : Henry Bleby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : New England (U.S.)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041708020
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 916 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11547824
Author : William Ainsworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 854 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0027134285
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Beneficial insects
ISBN : CORNELL:31924068413636
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1222 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89002294940
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119140445