A new edition of a classic history of the Mississippi River DeltaDevelopment Arrested is a major reinterpretation of the 200-year-old conflict between African American workers and the planters of the Mississippi Delta. The book measures the impact of the plantation system on those who suffered its depredations firsthand; while tracing the decline and resurrection of plantation ideology in national public policy debate. Despite countless defeats under the planter regime; African Americans in the Delta continued to push forward their agenda for social and economic justice. Throughout this remarkably interdisciplinary book; ranging across fields as diverse as rural studies; musicology; development studies; and anthropology; Woods demonstrates the role of music—including jazz; rock and roll; soul; rap and; above all; the blues—in sustaining a radical vision of social change.
#1936099 in Books Osprey Publishing 2006-08-29 2006-08-29Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 245.62 x .20 x 7.21l; .68 #File Name: 184176996796 pages
Review
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Enjoyable Book and Highly RecommendedBy MishkaI like Korean War F-86 books. This book (#72) was a pleasant surprise. I already own Ospreys Korean War Aces (#4) and this book is an excellent companion book. I will compare these 2. The artwork is bigger in this book (#72) with a few duplications but a lot of black and white stripe profiles not in the other book. This book contains some color pictures not found in the other. Love the nose art compilation art! Unique! Both books contain some duplication of information (expected!) but not enough to dissuade purchasing both in my opinion. I like both books for different reasons and recommend them; but I do like this one just a little more than #4 when it comes to F-86 profiles (they are done the length of the page; not width so the F-86s are standing on their noses; if you will). Remember; book #4 also contains other aircraft in addition to F-86s (hence Korean War Aces title); but this book contains only F-86s (hence F-86 Sabre Aces of the 4th FW). I highly recommend this book.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Top-Scoring F-86 Pilots in MiG Alley Action!By Mike O'ConnorHard on the heels of his recent history of the 51st FW; noted Korean War historian Warren Thompson serves up the exploits of the top-scoring 4th FW in this nicely done Osprey 'Aircraft of the Aces' series.As with previous Osprey titles by Thompson; the reader is presented with many first-person narratives from pilots who flew the Sabre in MiG Alley including accounts from well-known aces like Lonnie Moore; George Jones; Cliff Jolley and 'Hoot' Gibson. Not every F-86 pilot made ace and it's interesting reading the stories told by the 'wingy's.'As always; there's tons of photos including many in color and 14 pages of color side-views and some nifty nose art.A nice; well-deserved tribute to the top-scoring 4th FW!****Wouldn't it be great if Osprey has a 'MiG-15 Aces of the Korean War' in the works!?!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Really enjoyed reading.By Robert T Burns; PhdHad a family member that was an ace in one of these. Really enjoyed reading.
