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The rise and fall of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union in Arkansas /
- Title
- The rise and fall of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union in Arkansas / James D. Ross Jr.
- Author
- Ross, James D., Jr.,
- Publication
- Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- ix, 166 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Founded in eastern Arkansas during the Great Depression, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union (STFU) has long fascinated historians, who have emphasized its biracial membership and the socialist convictions of its leaders, while attributing its demise to external factors, such as the mechanization of agriculture, the repression of wealthy planters, and the indifference of New Dealers. However, as James Ross notes in this compelling revisionist history, such accounts have largely ignored the perspective of the actual sharecroppers and other tenant farmers who made up the union's rank and file"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-160) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781621903529
- 1621903524
- LCCN
- 2017027917
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- Princeton University Library