A New Plantation South Land, Labor, and Federal Favor in Twentieth-Century Arkansas |
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| Author:
| Whayne, Jeannie M. |
| Series title: | Carter G. Woodson Institute Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-2594-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1996 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $39.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.