Sunday, April 17, 2016

Night Riders: Defending Community in the Black Patch, 1890-1915 by Christopher Waldrep




Author Name    Waldrep, Christopher 


Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher   Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A. Duke Univ Pr 1993

ISBN Number    0822313936 / 9780822313939

Seller ID   020955

Trade paperback. No edition stated. Near fine, remainder mark on bottom outside pages. In the agricultural region of Kentucky and Tennessee called the Black Patch for the dark tobacco grown there, big business arrived, eliminating competition, manipulating prices, and undermining local control. The farmers fought back.


Price = 15.00 USD

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