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- catalog abstract "This wide-ranging collection of essays by distinguished scholars is the first collaborative work to focus exclusively on the particularity and contradictions of the Arkansas portion of the Mississippi River delta. Individual chapters deal with the French and Spanish colonial experience; the impact of the Civil War; the roles of African Americans, women, and various ethnic groups; and the changes that have occurred in towns, in social life, and in agriculture. What. Emerges is a rich tapestry of dichotomies that is the Delta - a land of black and white, of wealth and poverty, of progress and stasis, of despair and hope - in which all that is dear and terrible about this often overlooked region of the South is revealed.".
- catalog contributor b4849396.
- catalog contributor b4849397.
- catalog contributor b4849398.
- catalog coverage "Arkansas Delta (Ark.) History.".
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "Emerges is a rich tapestry of dichotomies that is the Delta - a land of black and white, of wealth and poverty, of progress and stasis, of despair and hope - in which all that is dear and terrible about this often overlooked region of the South is revealed.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-313) and index.".
- catalog description "The Arkansas Delta : the deepest of the deep South / Willard B. Gatewood -- The river's gifts and curses / Thomas Foti -- The Delta's colonial heritage / Morris S. Arnold -- "Desolation itself" : the impact of Civil War / Bobby Roberts -- From slavery to uncertain freedom : Blacks in the Delta / Fon Louise Gordon -- "What ain't I been doing" : historical reflections on women and the Arkansas Delta / Elizabeth Anne Payne -- Strangers in the Arkansas Delta : ethnic groups and nationalities / Byrd Gibbens -- Always a simple feast : social life in the Delta / Kenneth R. Hubbell -- Delta towns : their rise and decline / Carl H. Moneyhon -- The plantation heritage : agriculture in the Arkansas Delta / Donald Holley.".
- catalog description "This wide-ranging collection of essays by distinguished scholars is the first collaborative work to focus exclusively on the particularity and contradictions of the Arkansas portion of the Mississippi River delta. Individual chapters deal with the French and Spanish colonial experience; the impact of the Civil War; the roles of African Americans, women, and various ethnic groups; and the changes that have occurred in towns, in social life, and in agriculture. What.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 321 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1557282870 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press,".
- catalog spatial "Arkansas Delta (Ark.) History.".
- catalog subject "976.7/8 20".
- catalog subject "F417.A67 A75 1993".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Arkansas Delta : the deepest of the deep South / Willard B. Gatewood -- The river's gifts and curses / Thomas Foti -- The Delta's colonial heritage / Morris S. Arnold -- "Desolation itself" : the impact of Civil War / Bobby Roberts -- From slavery to uncertain freedom : Blacks in the Delta / Fon Louise Gordon -- "What ain't I been doing" : historical reflections on women and the Arkansas Delta / Elizabeth Anne Payne -- Strangers in the Arkansas Delta : ethnic groups and nationalities / Byrd Gibbens -- Always a simple feast : social life in the Delta / Kenneth R. Hubbell -- Delta towns : their rise and decline / Carl H. Moneyhon -- The plantation heritage : agriculture in the Arkansas Delta / Donald Holley.".
- catalog title "The Arkansas Delta : land of paradox / edited by Jeannie Whayne and Willard B. Gatewood.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".