Delta Empire - Lee Wilson and the Transformation of Agriculture in the New South

Informationen zum Autor Jeannie Whayne is a professor of history at the University of Arkansas and the author of A New Plantation South: Land, Labor, and Federal Favor in Twentieth-Century Arkansas and editor of several books, including Shadows over Sunnyside: Evolution of a Plantation in Arkansas, 1830-1945 and Arkansas Delta: A Land of Paradox. Klappentext In Delta Empire: Lee Wilson and the Transformation of Southern Agriculture Jeannie Whayne employs the fascinating history of a powerful plantation owner, Robert E. "Lee" Wilson, in the Arkansas delta to recount the evolution of southern agriculture from the late nineteenth century through World War II. Whayne provides a compelling case study of both one man's strategic innovation and the changing economy of South.

Product details

• Authors: Jeannie Whayne, Jeannie M. Whayne
• Publisher: Louisiana state univ pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.12.2011
• EAN: 9780807138557
• ISBN: 978-0-8071-3855-7
• No. of pages: 298
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Making the Modern South
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies