Cotton tenants : three families / James Agee ; [photographs by] Walker Evans ; edited by John Summers ; preface by Adam Haslett.

Main entry:

Agee, James, 1909-1955.

Title & Author:

Cotton tenants : three families / James Agee ; [photographs by] Walker Evans ; edited by John Summers ; preface by Adam Haslett.

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Description:

224 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Business -- Shelter -- Food -- Clothing -- Work -- Picking season -- Education -- Leisure -- Health -- Appendix 1. On Negroes -- Appendix 2. Landowners.

Summary:

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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ISBN:

9781612192123 (hbk.)
1612192122

Subject:

Agee, James, 1909-1955 Travel Alabama.
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975 Travel Alabama.
Agee, James, 1909-1955
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975
Agee, James 1909-1955
Evans, Walker 1903-1975
Agee, James, 1909-1955 Travel.
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975 Travel.
Cotton farmers Alabama History 20th century.
Tenant farmers Alabama Hale County Social conditions.
Farm tenancy Alabama History 20th century.
Cotton farmers Alabama Hale County Social conditions.
Producteurs de coton Alabama Histoire 20e siècle.
Métayers Alabama Hale Conditions sociales.
Baux ruraux Alabama Histoire 20e siècle.
Producteurs de coton Alabama Hale Conditions sociales.
HISTORY United States State & Local South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Cotton farmers
Farm tenancy
Rural conditions
Tenant farmers Social conditions
Travel
Reise
Baumwollanbau
Landwirt
Soziale Situation
Farmers Alabama History.
Farmers Hale County (Ala.) Social conditions.
Farm tenancy Alabama History.
Hale County (Ala.) Rural conditions.
Alabama Rural conditions.
Alabama.
Alabama Conditions rurales.
Alabama Hale County

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
History

Added entries:

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975.
Summers, John, 1971-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284702
Call No.: BIB 223804
Status: Available

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