Dispossession : Discrimination against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil Rights /

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"Between 1940 and 1974, the number of African American farmers fell from 681,790 to just 45,594 - a drop of 93 percent. In his hard-hitting book, historian Pete Daniel analyzes this decline and chronicles black farmers' fierce struggles to remain on the land in the face of discrimination b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daniel, Pete (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Department of Agriculture.
United States. > Department of Agriculture > Evaluation.
Racism.
Farms, Small > Government policy.
Evaluation.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Agriculteurs noirs americains > Droits.
Farms, Small > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Racism > United States > History > 20th century.
African American farmers > Civil rights.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intended consequences
  • Evidence
  • Freedom autumn
  • Cheating democracy
  • Dissolution
  • Duality
  • The case of Willie Strain
  • Creditworthy
  • The end game.

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