When they blew the levee : politics, race, and community in Pinhook, Missouri /

How invisible citizens preserve their community when their town is destroyed.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Lawrence, David Todd, 1972- (Autor), Lawless, Elaine J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]
Temas:
African Americans > Missouri > History.
African Americans > Missouri > Social conditions.
African Americans > Land tenure > Missouri > History.
Disaster victims > Missouri > Personal narratives.
Floods > Mississippi River.
Levees > Mississippi River.
Noirs américains > Missouri > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Missouri > Conditions sociales.
Noirs américains > Terres > Missouri > Histoire.
Victimes de catastrophes > Missouri > Récits personnels.
Inondations > Mississippi (Fleuve)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies.
African Americans.
African Americans > Land tenure.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Disaster victims.
Floods.
Levees.
Politics and government.
Race relations.
United States > History.
Pinhook (Mo.) > Race relations.
Pinhook (Mo.) > Politics and government.
Pinhook (Mo.) > History.
États-Unis > Histoire.
Mississippi River.
Missouri.
United States.
History.
Personal narratives.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Origin stories of Pinhook
  • Living in Pinhook
  • Debra steps up to save Pinhook
  • Pinhook day, homecoming
  • When they broke the levee
  • Why home means so much
  • Conclusion: the power of hope through community.

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