The transformation of plantation politics : Black politics, concentrated poverty, and social capital in the Mississippi Delta /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wright Austin, Sharon D., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006.
Series:SUNY series in African American studies.
Subjects:
Plantation life > Mississippi > Delta (Region)
African Americans > Mississippi > Delta (Region) > Politics and government.
Poverty > Political aspects > Mississippi > Delta (Region)
African Americans > Mississippi > Delta (Region) > Social conditions.
Elite (Social sciences) > Mississippi > Delta (Region)
White people > Mississippi > Delta (Region) > Social conditions.
Social capital (Sociology) > Mississippi > Delta (Region)
Vie dans les plantations > Mississippi > Delta, Région du.
Noirs américains > Mississippi > Delta, Région du > Politique et gouvernement.
Pauvreté > Aspect politique > Mississippi > Delta, Région du.
Noirs américains > Mississippi > Delta, Région du > Conditions sociales.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > Mississippi > Delta, Région du.
Personnes blanches > Mississippi > Delta, Région du > Conditions sociales.
Capital social (Sociologie) > Mississippi > Delta, Région du.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Rural.
African Americans > Politics and government
African Americans > Social conditions
Elite (Social sciences)
Plantation life
Politics and government
Poverty > Political aspects
Race relations
Social capital (Sociology)
Social conditions
White people > Social condition
Delta (Miss. : Region) > Race relations.
Delta (Miss. : Region) > Politics and government.
Delta (Miss. : Region) > Social conditions.
Delta, Région du (Mississ.) > Relations raciales.
Delta, Région du (Mississ.) > Conditions sociales.
Mississippi > Delta (Region)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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