African Americans and the Mississippi River : race, history, and the environment /

"This book follows the historical trajectory of African Americans and their relationship with the Mississippi River dating back to the 1700s and ending with Hurricane Katrina and the still-contested Delta landscape. Long touted in literary and historical works, the Mississippi River remains an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Zeisler-Vralsted, Dorothy (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
Series:	Routledge Environmental Humantities
Subjects:	African Americans > Mississippi River Valley > History. Mississippi River > History. Mississippi River Valley > History. Mississippi River > Environmental conditions. Mississippi River Valley > Environmental conditions. African Americans. Ecology. Mississippi River. Mississippi River Valley. History.

Table of Contents:

The Colonial Era
The Antebellum Era
A River of Contradictions
The Post-War Years
The Great Flood of 1927
A Modern River
Memory Persists
Community and Hurricanes.