Development Arrested: The Blues and Plantation Power in the Mississippi Delta - Softcover

Clyde Woods

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844675610 ISBN 13: 9781844675616

Publisher: Verso, 2017

Synopsis

A new edition of a classic history of the US's poorest and most heavily African American region the Mississippi River Delta
How could the Mississippi Delta, one of the world s most prolific cultural centres, be demolished by a predictable natural disaster? This revised edition of Clyde Woods's classic book examines disaster relief and reconstruction conflicts after Hurricane Katrina. Development Arrested also traces the decline and resurrection of plantation ideology in national public policy discourse from Thomas Jefferson to George W. Bush, documenting the unceasing attacks on the gains of the Civil Rights Movement and how, despite having suffered countless defeats at the hands of the planter regime, African Americans in the Delta region have continued to push forward their agenda for social, economic and cultural justice. Woods examines the role of the blues in sustaining their efforts, surveying a musical tradition including jazz, rock and roll, soul and hip-hop that has embraced a radical vision of social change.

About this title

About the Author

Clyde Woods is Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies at Pennsylvania State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Verso
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1844675610
• ISBN 13: 9781844675616
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 368