Mothers of the South: Portraiture of the White Tenant Farm Woman, Introduction by Anne Firor Scott [Paperback]

Margaret Jarman Hagood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 22, 1996

Margaret Jarman Hagood was a leading sociologist of the Depression South. In 1937 she visited 254 tenant houses in Georgia, Alabama, and the Carolina Piedmont, talking with southern mothers. Mothers of the South records not only the results of her work but the voices, attitudes, and expectations of the people she interviewed. Hagood's work is invaluable for its insigh into the lost world of tenant farmers. It serves as a window into the life experiences, agricultural practices, social organization, and values of tenant families.

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Review

“No recent publication on the South is more welcome than this book.”–Social Forces --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Margaret Jarman Hagood (1907-1963) headed the Farm Population section, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, from 1942 to 1952 and was chief of the Farm Population branch, U.S. Department of Agriculture, from 1952 to 1962. Her other publications include the now-standard introductory text Statistics for Sociologists. Anne Firor Scott is W.K. Boyd Professor of History Emerita at Duke University and former president of the Organization of American Historians and the Southern Historical Association.

Product Details

• Paperback: 252 pages
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press (September 22, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813916968
• ISBN-13: 978-0813916965
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,400,976 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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