Writing with the intimate knowledge of a man who has carried on research among people on an Alabama upland plantation over a period of two decades, Nixon speaks with authority of the problems of the soil. He has seen oxen replaced by tractors and knows the effect of tenancy and constant cropping on hillside fields. He has given much attention to general and particular suggestions for change and improvement. Originally published in 1938. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital ...
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Writing with the intimate knowledge of a man who has carried on research among people on an Alabama upland plantation over a period of two decades, Nixon speaks with authority of the problems of the soil. He has seen oxen replaced by tractors and knows the effect of tenancy and constant cropping on hillside fields. He has given much attention to general and particular suggestions for change and improvement. Originally published in 1938. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
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Publisher:
The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Press
Published:
1938
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17022301495
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Good in Good jacket. Good hardcover with dust jacket from 1937. Some water damage/stains to dust jacket and first few pages. worn, staining, photographs throughout, scarce.
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Very Good. Presentation copy: "To Laurent Frantz with cordial greetings Herman Clarence Nixon. " (Signed at the top of the front fly-leaf). Frantz in turn has presented it to his mother: "For Mother Happy Birthday, 1938 Laurent." (Signed near the bottom of the front fly-leaf). Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Lacking the dust jacket. Some surface dirt on the front cover. Very good condition. All books mailed in heavy cardboard boxes. Selling Used and Rare books on line since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984. Laurent Frantz was 24 when he received this book and already a member of the Communist Party. After the war he headed the southern office of the Civil Rights Congress. He then moved to San Francisco and was a defense advisor to the California leadership of the Communist Party. Frantz refused three times to testify to the House Committee on UnAmerican Affairs.; Black-and-white photographs; Tall 8vo.; vii, 98 pages; Signed by Author.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Dustjacket edgeworn but intact with no significant tears, in protective mylar. Interior lightly tanned. 98 p. Includes: illustrations, bibliography. Scarce copy of an important book on the rural South in the '30s. Fully illustrated with photographs by Farm Security Administration photographers.