Jeannie Whayne - Delta Empire
Delta Empire:
Lee Wilson and the Transformation on Agriculture in the 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. After his father's death in 1870, Robert E. "Lee" Wilson inherited 400 acres of land in Mississippi County, Arkansas. Over his lifetime, he transformed that inheritance into a 50,000-acre lumber operation and cotton plantation. Delta Empire traces the transition from the labor-intensive sharecropping and tenancy system to the capital-intensive neo plantations of the post-World War II era to the portfolio plantation model. Through Wilson's story Whayne provides a compelling case study of strategic innovation and the changing economy of the South in the late nineteenth
century.
Jeannie Whayne is Professor of History at the University of Arkansas and Adjunct Curator of American History at Crystal Bridges Museum of
American Art. This will be a fascinating topic from a great speaker. Be sure to join us.
- Street:
- 205 W Dickson St
- City:
- Fayetteville ,
- Province:
- Arkansas
- Postal Code:
- 72701
- Country:
- United States
