Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. 1. Myth Making on the Cotton Frontier 1
5. 2. Cultures of Resistance in Texas and Louisiana: Tenants Make Sense of the Boll Weevil 26
6. 3. “Map Maker, Troublemaker, History Maker”: The Boll Weevil Threatens the Delta 46
7. 4. Delta Solutions Big and Small 73
8. 5. “The Herald of Prosperity”: The Promise of Diversification in Alabama 101
9. 6. “You Will Be Poor and Ignorant and Your Children Will Be the Same”: The Boll Weevil Myth Transformed 127
10. 7. Cotton’s Obituaries: The Boll Weevil in Georgia 142
11. Conclusion: The Boll Weevil’s Lost Revolution 169
12. Notes 177
13. Acknowledgments 211
14. Index 215