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Agricultural History (2011) 85 (1): 24–49.
Published: 01 January 2011
...James C. Giesen Abstract As scholars and singers have pointed out in monographs and folk songs, the cotton boll weevil was a devastating force on southern farming and rural life. No symbol is more indicative of this destruction than Enterprise, Alabama’s boll weevil monument. This essay examines...
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Agricultural History (2012) 86 (2): 118–119.
Published: 01 April 2012
...D. Clayton Brown Boll Weevil Blues: Cotton, Myth, and Power in the American South . By James C. Giesen . Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 2011 . 240 pp., $40.00 , hardback, ISBN 978-0-226-29287-8 . © the Agricultural History Society, 2012 2012 Agricultural History...
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Agricultural History (2015) 89 (3): 358–370.
Published: 01 July 2015
... the complex public and private histories that they can help to uncover. © the Agricultural History Society, 2015 2015 NOTES 1. For a full explanation of the history of the boll weevil and this statue, see, James C. Giesen , “‘The Herald of prosperity’: Tracing the Boll Weevil Myth in Alabama...
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Agricultural History (2012) 86 (2): 116–118.
Published: 01 April 2012
..., by conducting a rich set of interviews, Janus has made it possible for future scholars to dig deeper into the continuities and discontinuities between past and present. Kendra Smith-Howard University of Albany SUNY Boll Weevil Blues: Cotton, Myth, and Power in the American South. By James C. Giesen. Chicago...
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Agricultural History (2022) 96 (1-2): 29–53.
Published: 01 May 2022
...Margaret Cook Abstract Cotton in Australia has always been entwined with America and England. From the initial stimulus of the American War of Independence to the boost created by the boll weevil outbreak in the 1920s, the fortunes of Australian cotton producers have been shaped by American history...
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Agricultural History (2008) 82 (4): 468–495.
Published: 01 October 2008
... of the Parasites of the Gypsy Moth and the Brown Tail Moth," USDA, Bureau of Entomology, Bulletin No. 91 (1911): 305 Sawyer, To Make a Spotless Orange, 62-63 Howard, Fighting the Insects, 91. 12 Russell, "War on Insects," 42-47 W. D. Hunter, "The Boll Weevil Problem," USDA, Farmers’ Bulletin No. 344...
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Agricultural History (2012) 86 (2): 119–121.
Published: 01 April 2012
... the Mississippi Delta, and Georgia, to further challenge orthodox thought. He regards the continuation of the monocrop culture, in view of the fear of the weevil, as a lost revolution because planters protected the status quo, and the USDA Extension Service never supported fundamental change. This treatise...
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Agricultural History (2012) 86 (3): 33–56.
Published: 01 July 2012
... entrenched as the dominant system of farming and wealth became further concentrated in the hands of those who owned the land.13 Environmental stresses further exacerbated the economic concerns of southern farmers during the 1920s. The boll weevil, a beetle that nested in and destroyed cotton plants...
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Agricultural History (2015) 89 (1): 3–28.
Published: 01 January 2015
... – 89 . 5. James C. Giesen , Boll Weevil Blues: Cotton, Myth, and Power in the American South ( Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 2011 ); Gary Zellar and Nancy Wyatt , History of Bumpers College: Evolution of Education in Agriculture, Food, and Life Sciences...
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Agricultural History (2000) 74 (2): 293–308.
Published: 01 April 2000
... istorySocietyA. llrightsreserved. Sendrequestsfor permissionto reprintto:RightsandPermissions, Universityof CaliforniaPress,2000CenterSt.,Ste.303,BerkeleyC, A94720. 293 294 / Agricultural History thors credit irrigation, the absence of the boll weevil, or mechanization for this rapid development of the western...
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Agricultural History (2022) 96 (1-2): 231–236.
Published: 01 May 2022
.... “ The Impact of the Boll Weevil, 1892–1932 .” Journal of Economic History 69 , no. 3 ( September 2009 ): 685 – 718 . LeCain Timothy J. The Matter of History: How Things Create the Past . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2017 . McMurry Sally A. Transforming Rural Life...
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Agricultural History (2012) 86 (2): 96.
Published: 01 April 2012
... Giesen of Mississippi State University, for his article, The Truth about the Boll Weevil : The Nature of Planter Power in the Mississippi Delta, Environmental History (Oct. 2009): 683 704. The SHA has created an ad hoc committee to raise the funds to endow the Kirby Prize, which will be co-chaired...
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Agricultural History (2019) 93 (1): 173–178.
Published: 01 January 2019
... many others who find their way into the field. Born and raised in rural Union County, North Carolina, he remained attached to his home, close to his extended family, and deeply interested in the history of southern agriculture. He began his studies of the boll weevil and cotton in the South during his...
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Agricultural History (2000) 74 (4): 823–824.
Published: 01 October 2000
... in Florida. The boll weevil had an impact on cotton breeding, and the authors describe the efforts by both private and public sectors of the industry to develop fast maturing varieties of the plant. Over twenty pages of tables, lists, and flow charts, demonstrating the his? tory of research on cotton...
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Agricultural History (2001) 75 (3): 365–366.
Published: 01 July 2001
... of diverse ethnic groups, notably Jews and Chinese. How Mississippi River floods, the boll weevil, and World War I affected the economy appear as well. Whether these themes have compelling validity elsewhere in southern agriculture will provide fodder for future debates. Only casually does the au? thor...
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Agricultural History (2000) 74 (1): 93–94.
Published: 01 January 2000
... references to historiographic debates and broader historiographic concerns, including the role of the boll weevil, African American outmigration, and government programs. The book's chief shortcoming is that it tends to smooth out re? gional differences, a problem that plagues many case studies. The rigid...
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Agricultural History (2013) 87 (4): 567–569.
Published: 01 October 2013
... in Agricultural, Rural, and Environmental History. He is the director of CHASES and executive secretary of the Agricultural History Society. His 2011 book, Boll Weevil Blues: Cotton, Myth, and Power in the American South, won the 2012 Deep South Book Prize. His keynote address will come from his new project...
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Agricultural History (2012) 86 (4): 265–266.
Published: 01 October 2012
... weevil, New Deal programs, and tractors increasingly made the retention of sharecroppers and tenant farmers unnecessary, and black farmers sought opportunities elsewhere, often beyond the South. As a result, Carver ended his career as a man paradoxically behind and ahead of his time. Carver s goal...
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Agricultural History (2007) 81 (4): 556–557.
Published: 01 October 2007
... surmised that: the boll weevil and the accompanying deflation of land values were only the immediate causes of theGreene Country exodus and that the funda mental causes were themethods and practices of farmingwhich produced no surpluses for landlords or tenants (221). The fault lay,Raper contended...
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Agricultural History (2008) 82 (4): 542–543.
Published: 01 October 2008
..., such as a "Tree Train" intended to encourage better forestry practices, however, were difficult tomeasure. In the wake of de forestation, cotton growing boomed, only to bust with the boll weevil's arrival. Bright-leaf tobacco showed promise and tobacco production soared. Watermelons, sweet potatoes, tomatoes...