James C Giesen: 2 books
Boll Weevil Blues
Cotton, Myth, and Power in the American South
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Between the 1890s and the early 1920s, the boll weevil slowly ate its way across the Cotton South from Texas to the Atlantic Ocean. At the turn of the century, some Texas counties were reporting crop losses of over 70 percent, as were areas of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. By the time the...
Bulldozer Revolutions
A Rural History of the Metropolitan South
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
By examining the metropolitan fringes of Houston in Montgomery County, Texas, and Washington, D.C., in Loudoun County, Virginia, this book combines rural, environmental, and agricultural history to disrupt our view of the southern metropolis.
Andrew C. Baker examines the local boosters, gentlemen...