Cattle in the cotton fields : a history of cattle raising in Alabama / Brooks Blevins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blevins, Brooks, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cattle--Alabama--History.

Cattle.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 219 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1998.

Summary:

Cattle raising today is the most widely practiced form of agriculture in Alabama and ranks second only to the poultry industry in terms of revenue. Brooks Blevins not only relates the development and importance of the industry to agricultural practices but also presents it as an integral component of southern history, inextricably linked to issues of sectional politics, progressivism, race and class struggles, and rural depopulation. Most historians believe cattle were first introduced by the Spanish explorers and missionaries during the early decades of the 16th century.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. The Melding of Traditions; 2. Piney Woods and Plantations; 3. Agricultural Progressivism and the South; 4. The Midwestern Model Meets the South; 5. Cattle in the Cotton Fields; 6. New Farmers in the New South; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-206) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8754-4

0-585-32330-5

OCLC:

45843600