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Boll Weevil Blues
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 238

Boll Weevil Blues

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 boll weevil reached the limits of the cotton belt, it had destroyed much of the region’s chief cash crop—tens of billions of pounds of cotton, worth nearly a trillion dollars. As staggering as these numbers may seem, James C. Giesen demonstrates that it was the very idea of the boll weevil and the struggle over its meanings that most profoundly changed the South—as different groups, from polic...

The Problem South
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 352

The Problem South

For most historians, the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw the hostilities of the Civil War and the dashed hopes of Reconstruction give way to the nationalizing forces of cultural reunion, a process that is said to have downplayed sectional grievances and celebrated racial and industrial harmony. In truth, says Natalie J. Ring, this buoyant mythology competed with an equally powerful and far-reaching set of representations of the backward Problem South—one that shaped and reflected attempts by northern philanthropists, southern liberals, and federal experts to rehabilitate and reform the country's benighted region. Ring rewrites the history of sectional reconciliation and d...

Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 832

Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1912
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Yearbook of Agriculture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 708

Yearbook of Agriculture

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1962
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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After a Hundred Years
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 708

After a Hundred Years

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1962
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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McNeese State University
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 132

McNeese State University

Surrounded by live oaks and azaleas, McNeese State University has served Southwest Louisiana for over sixty years. Founded in 1939 by area businessmen and cattlemen, the university has grown and thrived side by side with the city of Lake Charles. Alumni, faculty, staff, and students alike take pride in the heritage of their evolving university, and the city embraces the school as a treasured landmark of the community. McNeese State University began as Lake Charles Junior College, a division of Louisiana State University. Just one year after its inception, the name was changed to John McNeese Junior College in honor of one of the area's foremost pioneer educators. In 1950 the name was changed...

Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 812

Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1913
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
  • Language: en

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1985
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  • Publisher: Unknown

February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index

The Agricultural and 4-H Fair - Southeast Edition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 198

The Agricultural and 4-H Fair - Southeast Edition

The Agricultural and 4-H Fair - Southeast Edition The annual festival, or fair, dates back to ancient times with the Mesopotamians, Indians and Greeks. The Modern Agricultural Fair emerged when Massachusetts resident Elkanah Watson needed an event to show his prize sheep. Watson became an early advocate for agricultural fairs as educational venues for farmers. The The Agricultural and 4-H Fair - Southeast Edition includes the history of the agricultural fair, the Indiana State Fair and the fairs of the following counties: Clark Dearborn Decatur Franklin Jefferson Jennings Ripley Scott Switzerland agricultural, education, county, extension

A History of Agricultural Extension Work in the United States, 1785-1923
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 232

A History of Agricultural Extension Work in the United States, 1785-1923

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1928
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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