African Americans and the Mississippi River

This book follows the historical trajectory of African Americans and their relationship with the Mississippi River dating back to the 1700s and ending with Hurricane Katrina and the still-contested Delta landscape.

Autorentext

Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted is Professor Emeritus at Eastern Washington University, USA. Her publications include Rivers, Memory and Nation-Building: A History of the Volga and Mississippi Rivers, and Water and Human Societies: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, coedited with David A. Pietz.

Inhalt

1. The Colonial Era: The River and Its Bayous 2. The Antebellum Era: A River of Contradictions 3. The Post-War Years: New River Roles 4. The Great Flood of 1927: A Modern River 5. Memory Persists: Community and Hurricanes