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Development Arrested: The Blues and Plantation Power in the Mississippi Delta

Development Arrested: The Blues and Plantation Power in the Mississippi Delta

A new edition of a classic history of the Mississippi River Delta

Development Arrested is a major reinterpretation of the 200-year-old conflict between African American workers and the planters of the Mississippi Delta. The book measures the impact of the plantation system on those who suffered its depredations firsthand, while tracing the decline and resurrection of plantation ideology in national public policy debate. Despite countless defeats under the planter regime, African Americans in the Delta continued to push forward their agenda for social and economic justice.

Throughout this remarkably interdisciplinary book, ranging across fields as diverse as rural studies, musicology, development studies, and anthropology, Woods demonstrates the role of musicâ€”including jazz, rock and roll, soul, rap and, above all, the bluesâ€”in sustaining a radical vision of social change.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber unknown
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2017-05-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781844675616

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