Veröffentlichungsangabe: | Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers [[2017]], [2017] |
Inhalt: | "The conversion of swampland to farmland began with small, local drainage projects but complete reclamation was made possible by a system of ditches dug by the Little River Drainage District. This book chronicles the development of the region in the contexts of its geology, history and sociology"-- Geology and geography of the lowlands -- The first inhabitants -- Euro-American settlement to 1811 -- The New Madrid earthquakes -- Settlement, early agriculture and civil war -- Transportation -- Timber -- Beginning reclamation -- Little River Drainage District : organization and opposition -- Little River Drainage District : planning and construction -- Little River Drainage District : floods, the Great Depression, financial failure and recovery -- Land promotion, post-drainage agriculture and social change -- New political and religious movements and the sharecropper demonstration -- Politics and farm labor changes -- End of an era |
