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The transformation of plantation politics : Black politics, concentrated poverty, and social capital in the Mississippi Delta / Sharon D. Wright Austin.

Author/creator Wright Austin, Sharon D., 1965-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York Press,
Descriptionxvii, 247 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Series SUNY series in African American studies
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-233) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005024114
ISBN0791468011 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780791468012

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