Preface to Peasantry: A Tale of Two Black Belt Counties (Poverty, U.S.A.: the historical record)

Raper, Arthur Franklin

ISBN 10: 0405031211 / ISBN 13: 9780405031212

Published by Ayer Co Pub, 1971

About this Item

Withdrawn library book with usual stickers and markings. 1971 gray hardcover. No DJ. Moderate shelf wear. Pages are unmarked.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Preface to Peasantry: A Tale of Two Black Belt Counties (Poverty, U.S.A.: the historical record)
• Publisher: Ayer Co Pub
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0405031211
• ISBN 13: 9780405031212
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 28 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • American History

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Synopsis

A social scientist and public intellectual, Arthur Raper (1899-1979) advocated unpopular solutions to combat the shortcomings of race relations and economic stagnation in the South. Originally published in 1936, Preface to Peasantry confirmed Raper's place in the Chapel Hill Southern Regionalist movement of the 1930s and 1940s and elaborated his belief that New Deal federal planning could create progressive social policies. Adroitly juxtaposing themes of history and sociology, Preface to Peasantry is a text both descriptive of a broad phenomenon and prescriptive of policymaking to address the destruction of rural American life. This edition features a new introduction from Louis Mazzari to contextualize Raper's life and writings.

About the Author

(Deceased.) Also author of The Tragedy of Lynching (1933), Sharecroppers All (1941), Tenants of the Almighty (1943). Mazzari: (Manchester, NH) Instructor of history, Univ of New Hampshire at Manchester. Author of the forthcoming Arthur Raper: A Modern Realist in the New Deal South.