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.