| The Transformation of Plantation Politics: Black Politics, Concentrated Poverty, and Social Capital in the Mississippi Delta Contributor(s): Wright Austin, Sharon D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791468011 ISBN-13: 9780791468012 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Political Science | Political Process - General - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
| Dewey: 307.720 |
| LCCN: 2005024114 |
| Series: Suny Series in African American Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.1" W x 9.32" (1.08 lbs) 247 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - Deep South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Transformation of Plantation Politics explores the effects of black political exclusion, the sharecropping system, and white resistance on the Mississippi Delta's current economic and political situation. Sharon D. Wright Austin's extensive interviews with residents of the region shed light on the transformations and legacies of the Delta's political and economic institutions. While African Americans now hold most of the major political offices in the region and are no longer formally excluded from political participation, educational opportunities, or lucrative jobs, Wright Austin shows that white wealth and black poverty continue to be the norm partly because of the deeply entrenched legacies of the Delta's history. Contributing to a greater theoretical understanding of black political efforts, this book demonstrates a need for a strong level of black social capital, intergroup capital, financial capital, political capital, and a human capital of educated and skilled workers. |
