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Delta empire Lee Wilson and the transformation of agriculture in the new South
In Delta Empire Jeannie Whayne employs the fascinating history of a powerful plantation owner in the Arkansas delta to recount the evolution of southern agriculture from the late nineteenth century through World War II. From a small inheritance, Robert E. ôLeeö Wilson built a 50,000-acre lumbering and cotton plantation in Mississippi County, Arkansas. From early on, Wilson saw an opportunity in the swampy terrain, which sold for as little as fifty cents an acre, to build a lumber business that met the regionÆs growing need for lumber. This foresight provided the foundation for his vast agricul.
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- "In Delta Empire Jeannie Whayne employs the fascinating history of a powerful plantation owner in the Arkansas delta to recount the evolution of southern agriculture from the late nineteenth century through World War II. From a small inheritance, Robert E. ôLeeö Wilson built a 50,000-acre lumbering and cotton plantation in Mississippi County, Arkansas. From early on, Wilson saw an opportunity in the swampy terrain, which sold for as little as fifty cents an acre, to build a lumber business that met the regionÆs growing need for lumber. This foresight provided the foundation for his vast agricul."@en
- "Whayne (history, U. of Arkansas), who has published and edited other books on Arkansas history, has written an in-depth account of the creation by Robert E. "Lee" Wilson of an enormous conglomeration of plantation operations in Arkansas. A lucid writer, Whayne has formed her account from a wealth of primary sources, including correspondence, newspaper accounts, court records, county and other land surveys, and other archives. Wilson's attitudes towards race are described deliberately and with insight, demonstrating the hardship and systemic inequity of life, pay, housing, and employment for blacks as well as the region's legacy of horrific intimidation and violence. Wilson logged and drained much of the area and this process, the environmental legacy of his activities, and the impact of the drought of 1930 are the subject of separate chapters. Carrying the account through Wilson's death and the new management of his empire by his son, and describing how farming practices were changed in efforts to accommodate flood and other environmental concerns, Whayne covers in fascinating detail the lives and effects on the land of over a century of agricultural activity in the lower Mississippi Delta."
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