Cotton tenants: three families
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Author:
Published:
Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, c2013.
Physical Desc:
224 pages : ill. ; 20 cm.
Status:
Central
306.365 A265 2013
North Natomas
306.365 A265 2013
Description
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.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Agee, James, -- 1909-1955 -- Travel -- Alabama.
Alabama -- Rural conditions.
Cotton farmers -- Alabama -- Hale County -- Social conditions.
Cotton farmers -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
Evans, Walker, -- 1903-1975 -- Travel -- Alabama.
Farm tenancy -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
Hale County (Ala.) -- Rural conditions.
Tenant farmers -- Alabama -- Hale County -- Social conditions.
Alabama -- Rural conditions.
Cotton farmers -- Alabama -- Hale County -- Social conditions.
Cotton farmers -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
Evans, Walker, -- 1903-1975 -- Travel -- Alabama.
Farm tenancy -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
Hale County (Ala.) -- Rural conditions.
Tenant farmers -- Alabama -- Hale County -- Social conditions.
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Format:
Book
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781612192123, 1612192122
Notes
General Note
"Photographs by Walker Evans are reprinted from the two-volume album Photographs of Cotton Sharecropper Families, held by the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
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.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Agee, J., Haslett, A., Evans, W., & Summers, J. (2013). Cotton tenants: three families. Brooklyn, NY, Melville House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)James Agee et al.. 2013. Cotton Tenants: Three Families. Brooklyn, NY, Melville House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)James Agee et al., Cotton Tenants: Three Families. Brooklyn, NY, Melville House, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Agee, James, et al. Cotton Tenants: Three Families. Brooklyn, NY, Melville House, 2013.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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