Abandonment in Dixie
Subtitle: underdevelopment in the Black Belt
By: Veronica L. Womack
Edition: First edition.
Series: MUP/P461
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Macon, Georgia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780881464405
Subjects: African Americans; History; Social conditions; Politics and government; Rural conditions; Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Black Belt region defined; title: How slavery shaped the history of the Black Belt; title: The unique political culture of the region; title: Modern racialized politics in the Black Belt; title: Rural African Americans and persistent poverty; title: Development policy and the region's political economy; title: Recent developments in the Black Belt.