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Good Neighbors: Agents Of Change In The New Rural South, 1900 To 1940, Thomas Wayne Copeland
Good Neighbors: Agents Of Change In The New Rural South, 1900 To 1940, Thomas Wayne Copeland
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This work paints an intimate portrait of rural people who lived in the hill counties of northeast Mississippi and southwest Arkansas between 1900 and 1940. Howard County, Arkansas and Union County, Mississippi serve as the representative counties for each hill-country region. Howard County is located in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains, and Union County is located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. This study identifies who in the rural communities was most responsible for bringing positive changes to their communities, questions what motivated their efforts, and evaluates their successes and failures. To this end, the work first examines …