You Can't Eat Freedom : Southerners and Social Justice after the Civil Rights Movement /

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Focusing on the plantation regions of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, Greta de Jong analyzes how social justice activists responded to mass unemployment by lobbying political leaders, initiating anti-poverty projects, and forming cooperative enterprises that fostered economic and political auto...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: De Jong, Greta (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Migration, Internal.
Economic history.
Agriculture > Economic aspects.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Economic conditions.
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies.
Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations.
History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Agriculture > Aspect economique > États-Unis (Sud)
Noirs americains > Conditions economiques.
Noirs americains > Conditions sociales > 1964-1975.
Migration, Internal > United States > History > 20th century.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Southern States.
African Americans > Social conditions > 1964-1975.
United States.
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 1951-
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions economiques > 1945-
Southern States > History > 1951-
Southern States > Economic conditions > 1945-
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Focusing on the plantation regions of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, Greta de Jong analyzes how social justice activists responded to mass unemployment by lobbying political leaders, initiating anti-poverty projects, and forming cooperative enterprises that fostered economic and political autonomy, efforts that encountered strong opposition from free market proponents who opposed government action.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9781469629322

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