Driven to the field : sharecropping and Southern literature / David A. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, David A. (David Alexander), 1975- author.

Series:

The American South series.

The American South series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature and society--Southern States--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.

American literature.

Southern States--Historiography.

Southern States.

Southern States--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 pages).

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2023]

Summary:

"By analyzing literary treatments of sharecropping in multiple genres of Southern literature, Driven to the Field reveals how the South progressed from slavery to civil rights, how this form of tenant farming continues to influence southern culture, and why labor exploitation defines Southern culture"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Sharecropping, Labor Exploitation, and Southern Literature

Sharecropping, Reconstruction, and Postbellum Literature

The New Slavery

America's Number One Economic Problem

The End of Sharecropping

The Afterlife of Sharecropping.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Davis, David A. Driven to the Field

ISBN:

9780813948669

OCLC:

1348869703