The rise and fall of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union in Arkansas / James D. Ross Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, James D., Jr., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southern Tenant Farmers' Union--History.

Southern Tenant Farmers' Union.

Tenant farmers--Arkansas--History.

Tenant farmers.

Agricultural laborers--Labor unions--Arkansas--History.

Agricultural laborers.

Agricultural laborers--Labor unions.

History.

Arkansas.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 166 pages, 6 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Founded in eastern Arkansas during the Great Depression, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union (STFU) has long fascinated historians, who have emphasized its biracial membership and the socialist convictions of its leaders, while attributing its demise to external factors, such as the mechanization of agriculture, the repression of wealthy planters, and the indifference of New Dealers. However, as James Ross notes in this compelling revisionist history, such accounts have largely ignored the perspective of the actual sharecroppers and other tenant farmers who made up the union's rank and file"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1551-160) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ross, James D., Jr. Rise and fall of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union in Arkansas.

ISBN:

9781621903529

1621903524

OCLC:

990857476