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Cattle in the Cotton Fields : A History of Cattle Raising in Alabama /
Cattle raising today is the most widely practiced form of agriculture in Alabama and ranks second only to the poultry industry in terms of revenue. Brooks Blevins not only relates the development and importance of the industry to agricultural practices but also presents it as an integral component o...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama :
The University of Alabama Press,
1998.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Cattle raising today is the most widely practiced form of agriculture in Alabama and ranks second only to the poultry industry in terms of revenue. Brooks Blevins not only relates the development and importance of the industry to agricultural practices but also presents it as an integral component of southern history, inextricably linked to issues of sectional politics, progressivism, race and class struggles, and rural depopulation. Most historians believe cattle were first introduced by the Spanish explorers and missionaries during the early decades of the 16th century. Native Amer. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (235 pages): illustrations, maps |
| ISBN: | 9780817387549 |