This Delta, This Land An Environmental History of the Yazoo-Mississippi Floodplain |
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| Author:
| Saikku, Mikko |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-2534-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2005 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $76.95 |
Book Description:
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This environmental history of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta places the Delta's economic and cultural history in an environmental context. It reveals the human aspects of the region's natural history, including land reclamation, slave and sharecropper economies, ethnic and racial perceptions of land ownership and stewardship, and even blues music.
This environmental history of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta places the Delta's economic and cultural history in an environmental context. It reveals the human aspects of the region's natural history, including land reclamation, slave and sharecropper economies, ethnic and racial perceptions of land ownership and stewardship, and even blues music.