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Driven to the field : sharecropping and Southern literature
Title
Driven to the field : sharecropping and Southern literature / David A. Davis.
ISBN
9780813948645
0813948649
9780813948652
0813948657
9780813948669
Publication
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Copyright Notice Date
©2023
Physical Description
xii, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Summary
"By analyzing literary treatments of sharecropping in multiple genres of Southern literature, Driven to the Field reveals how the South progressed from slavery to civil rights, how this form of tenant farming continues to influence southern culture, and why labor exploitation defines Southern culture"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Davis, David A. (David Alexander), 1975- Driven to the field Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 09, 2023
Series
The American South series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Sharecropping, Labor Exploitation, and Southern Literature
Sharecropping, Reconstruction, and Postbellum Literature
The New Slavery
America's Number One Economic Problem
The End of Sharecropping
The Afterlife of Sharecropping.
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