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Author |
: Maude Schuyler Clay |
Publisher |
: Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Total Pages |
: 104 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1578061776 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781578061778 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Delta Land by : Maude Schuyler Clay
A haunting photo project and prose involving recording and preservation of Mississippi Delta landscapes features its rapidly disappearing indigenous structures: mule barns, field churches, cotton gins, tenant houses, and railroad stations. 75 illustrations.
Author |
: David Lewis Cohn |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 410 |
Release |
: 1967 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105035501969 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Where I was Born and Raised by : David Lewis Cohn
Author |
: Jeannie Whayne |
Publisher |
: LSU Press |
Total Pages |
: 322 |
Release |
: 2011-12-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780807138557 |
ISBN-13 |
: 080713855X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Delta Empire by : Jeannie Whayne
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, Arkansas. Over his lifetime, he transformed that inheritance into a 50,000-acre lumber operation and cotton plantation. Early on, Wilson saw an opportunity in the swampy local terrain, which sold for as little as fifty cents an acre, to satisfy an expanding national market for Arkansas forest reserves. He also led the fundamental transformation of the landscape, involving the drainage of tens of thousands of acres of land, in order to create the vast agricultural empire he envisioned. A consummate manager, Wilson employed the tenancy and sharecropping system to his advantage while earning a reputation for fair treatment of laborers, a reputation—Whayne suggests—not entirely deserved. He cultivated a cadre of relatives and employees from whom he expected absolute devotion. Leveraging every asset during his life and often deeply in debt, Wilson saved his company from bankruptcy several times, leaving it to the next generation to successfully steer the business through the challenges of the 1930s and World War II. Delta Empire traces the transition from the labor-intensive sharecropping and tenancy system to the capital-intensive neo-plantations of the post–World War II era to the portfolio plantation model. Through Wilson’s story Whayne provides a compelling case study of strategic innovation and the changing economy of the South in the late nineteenth century.
Author |
: Maude Schuyler Clay |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2014 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1628460083 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781628460087 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Delta Dogs by : Maude Schuyler Clay
New photographs from the beloved creator of Delta Land
Author |
: Franz Krause |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2021 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1800734166 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781800734166 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis Delta Life by : Franz Krause
Proposing a series of innovative steps towards better understanding human lives at the interstices of water and land, this volume includes eight ethnographies from deltas around the world. The book presents 'delta life' with intimate descriptions of the predicaments, imaginations and activities of delta inhabitants. Conceptually, the collection develops 'delta life' as a metaphor for approaching continual and intersecting sociocultural, economic and material transformations more widely. The book revolves around questions of hydrosociality, volatility, rhythms and scale. It thereby yields insights into people's lives that conventional, hydrological approaches to deltas cannot provide.
Author |
: Franz Krause |
Publisher |
: Berghahn Books |
Total Pages |
: 247 |
Release |
: 2021-06-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781800731257 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1800731256 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Delta Life by : Franz Krause
Proposing a series of innovative steps towards better understanding human lives at the interstices of water and land, this volume includes eight ethnographies from deltas around the world. The book presents ‘delta life’ with intimate descriptions of the predicaments, imaginations and activities of delta inhabitants. Conceptually, the collection develops ‘delta life’ as a metaphor for approaching continual and intersecting sociocultural, economic and material transformations more widely. The book revolves around questions of hydrosociality, volatility, rhythms and scale. It thereby yields insights into people’s lives that conventional, hydrological approaches to deltas cannot provide.
Author |
: Janelle Collins |
Publisher |
: University of Arkansas Press |
Total Pages |
: 319 |
Release |
: 2015-11-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781557286871 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1557286876 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Defining the Delta by : Janelle Collins
Inspired by the Arkansas Review’s “What Is the Delta?” series of articles, Defining the Delta collects fifteen essays from scholars in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities to describe and define this important region. Here are essays examining the Delta’s physical properties, boundaries, and climate from a geologist, archeologist, and environmental historian. The Delta is also viewed through the lens of the social sciences and humanities—historians, folklorists, and others studying the connection between the land and its people, in particular the importance of agriculture and the culture of the area, especially music, literature, and food. Every turn of the page reveals another way of seeing the seven-state region that is bisected by and dependent on the Mississippi River, suggesting ultimately that there are myriad ways of looking at, and defining, the Delta.
Author |
: Utah. Secretary of State |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 150 |
Release |
: 1915 |
ISBN-10 |
: PRNC:32101054413735 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Utah by : Utah. Secretary of State
Author |
: Jay Lund |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2010-02-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780520945371 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0520945379 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Comparing Futures for the Sacramento, San Joaquin Delta by : Jay Lund
An ecosystem in freefall, a shrinking water supply for cities and agriculture, an antiquated network of failure-prone levees—this is the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the major hub of California's water system. Written by a team of independent water experts, this analysis of the latest data evaluates proposed solutions to the Delta's myriad problems. Through in-depth economic and ecological analysis, the authors find that the current policy of channeling water exports through the Delta is not sustainable for any interest. Employing a peripheral canal-conveying water around the Delta instead of through it—as part of a larger habitat and water management plan appears to be the best strategy to maintain both a high-quality water supply and at the same time improve conditions for native fish and wildlife. This important assessment includes integrated analysis of long term ecosystem and water management options and demonstrates how issues such as climate change and sustainability will shape the future. Published in cooperation with the Public Policy Institute of California
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 54 |
Release |
: 1921 |
ISBN-10 |
: UVA:X030710867 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |