Devolution and Black state legislators : challenges and choices in the twenty-first century

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"The Transformation of Plantation Politics explores the effects of black political exclusion, the sharecropping system, and white resistance on the Mississippi Delta's current economic and political situation. Sharon D. Wright Austin's extensive interviews with residents of the region...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: King-Meadows, Tyson, 1972-
Other Authors: Schaller, Thomas F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2006
Series:SUNY series in African American studies.
Subjects:
Congressional Black Caucus.
Legislative bodies > United States > States > Leadership.
African American legislators.
African Americans > Politics and government.
Representative government and representation > United States.
Decentralization in government > United States.
Local government > United States.
Federal government > United States.
United States > Social policy > 1980-1993.
United States > Social policy > 1993-
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:"The Transformation of Plantation Politics explores the effects of black political exclusion, the sharecropping system, and white resistance on the Mississippi Delta's current economic and political situation. Sharon D. Wright Austin's extensive interviews with residents of the region shed light on the transformations and legacies of the Delta's political and economic institutions."--Jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 302 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-295) and index.
ISBN:1429417331
9781429417334
0791467295
9780791467299
0791481921
9780791481929
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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