Format:
xii, 156 Seiten :
,
Illustrationen, Karten ;
,
24 cm.
ISBN:
978-0-8203-6341-7
,
0-8203-6341-3
,
978-0-8203-6342-4
,
0-8203-6342-1
Series Statement:
Geographies of justice and social transformation 54
Content:
"Disturbing Development in the Jim Crow South explores how Black employees within the United States Department of Agriculture re-worked federal mandates and re-imagined federal projects to serve their own collective goals to support Black farmer survival within the Jim Crow South. Domosh focuses on the story of Laura R. Daly, one of the first Black women to be appointed as an agent in the USDA's extension service within the state of Alabama"--
Note:
Laura R. Daly and the United States Department of Agriculture -- Home demonstration work and the sustaining of Black life -- The movable school and the aesthetics of uplift -- Prairie farms and the struggle for Black land ownership -- Black extension work in the US South and liberal development overseas
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-8203-6355-4
Language:
English
Keywords:
Biographies
;
History
