{"product_id":"washington-county-mississippi-hardcover-2","title":"Washington County Mississippi - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRussell S. Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePrincella W. Nowell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStacy Childress\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWashington County, located on the Mississippi River in the heart \u003cbr\u003eof the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, is the culture that cotton built. \u003cbr\u003eFounded by hearty pioneers willing to risk even their lives for the \u003cbr\u003eunexcelled wealth that the \"white gold\" of cotton promised, the county \u003cbr\u003ewas literally carved out of a swampy, cane-covered wilderness where \u003cbr\u003ethe brave were as likely to reap an early grave as elaborate grandeur. \u003cbr\u003eThis collection of more than two hundred photographs from the \u003cbr\u003elate nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth depicts the unique \u003cbr\u003eand pervasive dichotomies that the struggle to weave the \"Cotton \u003cbr\u003eKingdom\" produced, especially the twin threads of prosperity and \u003cbr\u003epoverty. Here men struck it rich in an unprecedented short time, \u003cbr\u003ebut here they lost it just as quickly. While high cotton bought white \u003cbr\u003emen opulent homes and the leisure to produce literary classics, \u003cbr\u003esimultaneously it bought the black man little more than a shotgun \u003cbr\u003eshack and the pain that birthed the blues. Witness the challenges \u003cbr\u003epresented to the mule by the machine and to the isolation of the \u003cbr\u003ecounty's way of life by international war and the infusion of industry. \u003cbr\u003eDespite the divisions, this collection also illustrates the common, \u003cbr\u003ecommendable effort by the citizens of one American county in the \u003cbr\u003eSouth to clear their land, cultivate their fields, build their homes, pave \u003cbr\u003etheir streets, construct their highways, lay their railroads, and protect it \u003cbr\u003eall from flood, fever, and fire with an unfaltering faith in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 130\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47283759415545,"sku":"9781531604172","price":43.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/STlaTnJnb0tNQkNSeTdIOHBhOUFKZz09_f13c08cc-c360-40ed-9215-ea3a50ca436e.webp?v=1769078389","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/washington-county-mississippi-hardcover-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}