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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Facts about Cotton and Southern Farming
Author: Cotton Fields No More
Author: Gilbert C. FitePublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 081318469X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
No general history of southern farming since the end of slavery has been published until now. For the first time, Gilbert C. Fite has drawn together the many threads that make up commercial agricultural development in the eleven states of the old Confederacy, to explain why agricultural change was so slow in the South, and then to show how the agents of change worked after 1933 to destroy the old and produce a new agriculture. Fite traces the decline and departure of King Cotton as the hard taskmaster of the region, and the replacement of cotton by a somewhat more democratically rewarding group of farm products: poultry, cattle, swine; soybeans; citrus and other fruits; vegetables; rice; dairy products; and forest products. He shows how such crop changes were related to other developments, such as the rise of a capital base in the South, mainly after World War II; technological innovation in farming equipment; and urbanization and regional population shifts. Based largely upon primary sources, Cotton Fields No More will become the standard work on post-Civil War agriculture in the South. It will be welcomed by students of the American South and of United States agriculture, economic, and social history.
Facts about Cotton and Southern Farming
Author: United States Department Of AgriculturePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265061169
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Excerpt from Facts About Cotton and Southern Farming: Background Information for Farm Leaders About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The American Cotton Planter and the Soil of the South
Author: Farmer Opinions and Other Factors Influencing Cotton Production and Acreage Adjustments in the South
Author: Theodore Bergen MannyPublisher:
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Category : Cotton growing
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Agricultural Progress in the Cotton Belt Since 1920
Author: John Leonard FulmerPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This book tells the story of the changes that have taken place in the cotton belt during the past twenty-five years, points out the toals that are still to be reached, and suggests remedies for still-existing agricultural ills in the region. Originally published in 1950. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Commodity Information Series
Author: United States. Agricultural Adjustment AdministrationPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Cotton Adjustment Under the A.A.A.
Author: United States. Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Division of InformationPublisher:
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Category : Cotton growing
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
The Cotton Plantation South since the Civil War
Author: Charles S. AikenPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421436124
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Winner of the J. B. Jackson Prize from the Association of American Geographers Originally published in 1998. "The plantation," writes Charles Aiken, "is among the most misunderstood institutions of American history. The demise of the plantation has been pronounced many times, but the large industrial farms survive as significant parts of, not just the South's, but the nation's agriculture."In this sweeping historical and geographical account, Aiken traces the development of the Southern cotton plantation since the Civil War—from the emergence of tenancy after 1865, through its decline during the Depression, to the post-World War Two development of the large industrial farm. Tracing the geographical changes in plantation agriculture and the plantation regions after 1865, Aiken shows how the altered landscape of the South has led many to the false conclusion that the plantation has vanished. In fact, he explains, while certain regions of the South have reverted to other uses, the cotton plantation survives in a form that is, in many ways, remarkably similar to that of its antebellum predecessors. Aiken also describes the evolving relationship of African-Americans to the cotton plantation during the thirteen decades of economic, social, and political changes from Reconstruction through the War on Poverty—including the impact of alterations in plantation agriculture and the mass migration of Southern blacks to the urban North during the twentieth century. Richly illustrated with more than 130 maps and photographs (many original and many from FSA photographers), The Cotton Plantation South is a vivid and colorful account of landscape, geography, race, politics, and civil rights as they relate to one of America's most enduring and familiar institutions.
Cotton Fields No More
Author: Gilbert C. FitePublisher:
ISBN: 9780783758039
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description