Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted

African Americans and the Mississippi River

Race, History, and the Environment

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Produktbeschreibung

This book follows the historical trajectory of African Americans and their relationship with the Mississippi River dating back to the 1700s and ending with Hurricane Katrina and the still-contested Delta landscape.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9781138671324
• ISBN-10: 1138671320
• Artikelnr.: 60017100

Autorenporträt

Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted is Professor Emeritus at Eastern Washington University, USA. Her publications include Rivers, Memory and Nation-Building: A History of the Volga and Mississippi Rivers, and Water and Human Societies: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, coedited with David A. Pietz.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Colonial Era: The River and Its Bayous 2. The Antebellum Era: A River of Contradictions 3. The Post-War Years: New River Roles 4. The Great Flood of 1927: A Modern River 5. Memory Persists: Community and Hurricanes