A New Plantation South: Land, Labor, and Federal Favor in Twentieth-Century Arkansas

(Part of the The Carter G. Woodson Institute Series: Black Studies at Work in the World Series)

by Jeannie M. Whayne

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Jeannie M. Whayne traces the emergence of a transformed southern plantation system in the Arkansas delta decades after the end of the Civil War. By manipulating laws and federal and state agencies to gain control over land policy, Poinsett County planters fought to maintain their place on the land amidst tenancy, sharecropping, and the mechanization of farming.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813925940

ISBN13:9780813925943

Release Date:June 1996

Publisher:University of Virginia Press

Length:342 Pages

Weight:1.11 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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20th Century Business Business & Investing History Industries & Professions Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences State & Local

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A New Plantation South: Land, Labor, and Federal Favor in Twentieth-Century Arkansas

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