Cotton Tenants
About this book
On assignment for "Fortune" magazine in 1936, Agee and Evans set out to explore the plight of sharecroppers during the Great Depression. Published for the first time, Agee's original dispatch (accompanied by 25 of Evans' historic photographs) is an unsparing record of three families at a desperate time.
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL16810362W
Subjects
Tenant farmersSocial conditionsTravelCotton farmersFarm tenancyRural conditionsHistorySharecroppingDepressions, 1929Agriculture, united statesReiseBaumwollanbauLandwirtSoziale Situation