Delta Empire: Lee Wilson and the Transformation of Agriculture in the New South - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jeannie WhayneSeries:Making the Modern SouthPublish date:2016-02-22Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:LSU PressISBN-13:9780807164013ISBN-10:807164011UPC:9780807164013Book Category:History, Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:United States, Environmental Science, LaborBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.02 x 5.98 x 0.72 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SCYPYFARXQ
In Delta Empire: Lee Wilson and the Transformation of Agriculture in the New South Jeannie Whayne employs the fascinating history of a powerful plantation owner in the Arkansas delta to recount the evolution of southern agriculture from the late nineteenth century through World War II.
After his father's death in 1870, Robert E. "Lee" Wilson inherited 400 acres of land in Mississippi County,...Language:EnglishPublisher:LSU PressISBN-13:9780807164013ISBN-10:807164011UPC:9780807164013Book Category:History, Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:United States, Environmental Science, LaborBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.02 x 5.98 x 0.72 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SCYPYFARXQ
Jeannie Whayne is a professor of history at the University of Arkansas and the author of A New Plantation South: Land, Labor, and Federal Favor in Twentieth-Century Arkansas and editor of several books, including Shadows over Sunnyside: Evolution of a Plantation in Arkansas, 1830-1945 and Arkansas Delta: A Land of Paradox.
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