The Kings of Mississippi
Synopsis
Kings of Mississippi examines how a twentieth-century black middle-class family navigated life in rural Mississippi. The book introduces seven generations of a farming family and provides an organic examination of how the family experienced life and economic challenges as one of few middle-class black families living and working alongside the many struggling black and white sharecroppers and farmers in Gallman, Mississippi. Family narratives and census data across time and a socio-ecological lens help assess how race, religion, education, and key employment options influenced economic and non-economic outcomes. Family voices explain how intangible beliefs fueled socioeconomic outcomes despite racial, gender, and economic stratification. The book also examines the effects of stratification changes across time, including: post-migration; inter- and intra-racial conflicts and compromises; and, strategic decisions and outcomes. The book provides an unexpected glimpse at how a family's ethos can foster upward mobility into the middle-class.
- Copyright:
- 2019 Sandra L. Barnes and Benita Blanford-Jones
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9781108335768
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 2019-03-21T07:31:54Z
- Language:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.