The Second Great Emancipation - The Mechanical Cotton Picker, Black Migration, and How They Shaped the Modern South

Uses statistical and narrative analysis to demonstrate that farm mechanization occurred in the Delta region of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi after farm labourers moved away for new opportunities. Rather than pushing labour off the land, Holley argues, the mechanical cotton picker enabled the continuation of cotton cultivation.

About the author

Donald Holley was a professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Monticello for many years. He was the author of Uncle Sam's Farmers: The New Deal Communities of the Lower Mississippi Valley, and he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Arkansas Historical Association.

Summary

Uses statistical and narrative analysis to demonstrate that farm mechanization occurred in the Delta region of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi after farm labourers moved away for new opportunities. Rather than pushing labour off the land, Holley argues, the mechanical cotton picker enabled the continuation of cotton cultivation.

Product details

• Authors: Holley, Donald Holley
• Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2000
• EAN: 9781682261064
• ISBN: 978-1-68226-106-4
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore