| The Second Great Emancipation: The Mechanical Cotton Picker, Black Migration, and How They Shaped the Modern South Contributor(s): Holley, Donald (Author) |
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ISBN: 1682261069 ISBN-13: 9781682261064 Publisher: University of Arkansas Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Business & Economics | Industries - General - History | African American |
| Dewey: 338.163 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.05 lbs) |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - South - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Second Great Emancipation, Donald Holley uses statistical and narrative analysis to demonstrate that farm mechanization occurred in the Delta region of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi after the region's population of farm laborers moved away for new opportunities. Rather than pushing labor off the land, Holley argues, the mechanical cotton picker enabled the continuation of cotton cultivation in the post-plantation era, opening the door for the civil rights movement, while ushering a period of prosperity into the South. |
