{"product_id":"in-the-land-of-cotton-larry-lee-9781603063975","title":"In the Land of Cotton: How Old Times There Still Shape Alabama's Future","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the beginning there was the land promising prosperity and independence. Enough that the population of what is now Alabama increased 1,000 percent from 1810-20. Descendants of Barbados slave lords in South Carolina heard about the rich, fertile soils in central and west Alabama. Scots-Irish came down the Appalachians to settle in the Tennessee Valley and Piedmont sections. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo a very large degree, this newfound world revolved around cotton to feed the ever-hungry mills of England. Now, looking back over the span of two centuries we see that this cotton culture established a mindset that has yet to loosen its grip on Alabama. Cotton declared that manual labor always trumped the capacity to think and that a keen mind was of little use when cotton needed to be planted, chopped, or picked. So plantation owners made sure slaves could not go to school; later, landowners with sharecroppers figured children should be in the field instead of the school house. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis mentality trapped thousands of Alabama citizens in an endless cycle where poverty and lack of education became a shaky foundation for hoped-for prosperity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1603063978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603063975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e NewSouth Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.05d","brand":"Larry Lee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442433011967,"sku":"9781603063975","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3cdf6e7-acde-4bd1-9b1d-0cbe8f2f3249.jpg?v=1777197378","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-land-of-cotton-larry-lee-9781603063975","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}