The transformation of plantation politics: Black politics, concentrated poverty, and social capital in the Mississippi Delta
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Beteilige Person: Wright Austin, Sharon D. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Albany State University of New York Press c2006
Schriftenreihe:SUNY series in African American studies
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-233) and index
The Theoretical Framework -- The Influence of Local Elites in the Mississippi Delta -- The Plantation Political and Economic Culture -- The "Cotton Obsessed, Negro Obsessed" Delta Plantation Economy -- Black Mobilization and Elite Resistance During the Height of Traditionalistic Plantation Political Rule -- The Transformation and Legacies of the Plantation Culture -- The Transformation of the Delta's Economy?: Legalized Gaming, Economic Change, and the Persistence of Black Concentrated Poverty -- The Transformation of Delta Plantation Politics -- Building Black and Intergroup Social Capital Ties in the Delta -- Lessons Learned -- The Challenges of Using Social Capital to Combat Community Ills in the Mississippi Delta
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 247 p.)
ISBN:142941281X
9780791468012
9781429412810