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Cotton tenants : three families /

On assignment for "Fortune" magazine in 1936, Agee and Evans set out to explore the plight of sharecroppers during the Great Depression. Published for the first time, Agee's original dispatch (accompanied by 25 of Evans' historic photographs) is an unsparing record of three famil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Agee, James, 1909-1955
Other Authors: Evans, Walker, 1903-1975, Summers, John, 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, [2013]
Subjects:
Agee, James, > 1909-1955 > Travel > Alabama.
Evans, Walker, > 1903-1975 > Travel > Alabama.
Cotton farmers > Alabama > History > 20th century.
Tenant farmers > Alabama > Hale County > Social conditions.
Farm tenancy > Alabama > History > 20th century.
Cotton farmers > Alabama > Hale County > Social conditions.
Hale County (Ala.) > Rural conditions.
Alabama > Rural conditions.
Agee, James, > 1909-1955.
Evans, Walker, > 1903-1975.
Reise.
Baumwollanbau.
Landwirt.
Soziale Situation.
Alabama.
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Summary:On assignment for "Fortune" magazine in 1936, Agee and Evans set out to explore the plight of sharecroppers during the Great Depression. Published for the first time, Agee's original dispatch (accompanied by 25 of Evans' historic photographs) is an unsparing record of three families at a desperate time.
Physical Description:224 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
ISBN:9781612192123 :
1612192122