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Aiken, Charles S. 1938-

The Cotton Plantation South since the Civil War Charles S. Aiken. - First edition - 1 online resource (1 online resource xvii, 452 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Creating the North American landscape . - Creating the North American landscape. Book collections on Project MUSE. .

The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No derivatives 4.0 International License Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-437) and index.

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.

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ISBN: 9781421436128

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1800-1999
Geschichte 1865-1995

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Baumwollplantage.
Rassenverhoudingen.
Katoen.
Plantages.
Plantation life.
Landscapes.
Historical geography.
Cotton growing.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Noirs am©ericains--Droits--Histoire--©Etats-Unis (Sud)--20e si©ecle.
Noirs am©ericains--Droits--Histoire--©Etats-Unis (Sud)--19e si©ecle.
Paysage--Histoire--©Etats-Unis (Sud)--20e si©ecle.
Paysage--Histoire--©Etats-Unis (Sud)--19e si©ecle.
Coton--Culture--Histoire--©Etats-Unis (Sud)--20e si©ecle.
Coton--Culture--Histoire--©Etats-Unis (Sud)--19e si©ecle.
Vie dans les plantations--Histoire--©Etats-Unis (Sud)--20e si©ecle.
Vie dans les plantations--Histoire--©Etats-Unis (Sud)--19e si©ecle.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Southern States--20th century.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Southern States--19th century.
Landscapes--History--Southern States--20th century.
Landscapes--History--Southern States--19th century.
Cotton growing--History--Southern States--20th century.
Cotton growing--History--Southern States--19th century.
Plantation life--History--Southern States--20th century.
Plantation life--History--Southern States--19th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
USA--S©udstaaten.
Southern States.
©Etats-Unis (Sud)--G©eographie historique.
Southern States--Historical geography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F215 / .A4 1998

Dewey Class. No.: 975/.04