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ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM
by Steven Hahn • 1985
Before Populism, Georgia's yeomen lost their land and independence to merchants, cotton, and debt.
3.78
74
ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM Summary
ROOTS OF SOUTHERN POPULISM 90%
Before Populism, Georgia's yeomen lost their land and independence to merchants, cotton, and debt.
by Steven Hahn 1985
3.78
74 ratings
Mudbound
by Hillary Jordan • 2008
A white farm wife and a black war hero cross the Delta's line; the mud swallows secrets and bodies.
4.06
71k+
Mudbound Summary
Mudbound 88%
A white farm wife and a black war hero cross the Delta's line; the mud swallows secrets and bodies.
by Hillary Jordan 2008
4.06
71k+ ratings
Freedom Farmers
by Monica M. White • 2018
How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.
4.36
404
Freedom Farmers Summary
Freedom Farmers 88%
How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.
by Monica M. White 2018
4.36
404 ratings
Slavery by Another Name
by Douglas A. Blackmon • 2008
The 13th Amendment's exception for criminals became a new slavery that lasted eighty years.
4.38
7k+
Slavery by Another Name Summary
Slavery by Another Name 87%
The 13th Amendment's exception for criminals became a new slavery that lasted eighty years.
by Douglas A. Blackmon 2008
4.38
7k+ ratings
A Childhood
by Harry Crews • 1978
By age six he had lived a lifetime. The writing was just aftermath.
4.34
3k+
A Childhood Summary
A Childhood 87%
By age six he had lived a lifetime. The writing was just aftermath.
by Harry Crews 1978
4.34
3k+ ratings
Sounder
by William H. Armstrong • 1969
A sharecropper's son searches for his arrested father, with a wounded dog as his only guide.
3.97
32k+
Sounder Summary
Sounder 87%
A sharecropper's son searches for his arrested father, with a wounded dog as his only guide.
by William H. Armstrong 1969
3.97
32k+ ratings
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913
by C. Vann Woodward • 1951
After 1877 the South was remade: industrialists allied with the North and made racial exclusion law
4.11
240
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913 Summary
Origins of the New South, 1877–1913 87%
After 1877 the South was remade: industrialists allied with the North and made racial exclusion law
by C. Vann Woodward 1951
4.11
240 ratings
The Lies of the Land
by Steven Conn • 2023
Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.
3.98
148
The Lies of the Land Summary
The Lies of the Land 87%
Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.
by Steven Conn 2023
3.98
148 ratings
The Fight in the Fields
by Susan Ferriss • 1997
How a migrant farmworker built a movement so large that 40,000 people marched at his funeral.
4.00
99
The Fight in the Fields Summary
The Fight in the Fields 87%
How a migrant farmworker built a movement so large that 40,000 people marched at his funeral.
by Susan Ferriss 1997
4.00
99 ratings
The Populist Vision
by Charles Postel • 2007
Populists weren't anti-modern. They demanded public railroads, corporate-scale farms, and Jim Crow.
3.65
201
The Populist Vision Summary
The Populist Vision 87%
Populists weren't anti-modern. They demanded public railroads, corporate-scale farms, and Jim Crow.
by Charles Postel 2007
3.65
201 ratings
Worse Than Slavery
by David M. Oshinsky • 1996
Slavery ended. Mississippi made convicts cheaper than slaves and built an empire on their labor.
4.31
1k+
Worse Than Slavery Summary
Worse Than Slavery 87%
Slavery ended. Mississippi made convicts cheaper than slaves and built an empire on their labor.
by David M. Oshinsky 1996
4.31
1k+ ratings
The Unsettling of America
by Wendell Berry • 1977
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
4.33
7k+
The Unsettling of America Summary
The Unsettling of America 87%
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
by Wendell Berry 1977
4.33
7k+ ratings
The Land Breakers
by John Ehle • 1964
Mooney Wright and his neighbors stake everything on a wild valley. The mountain always collects.
4.28
2k+
The Land Breakers Summary
The Land Breakers 87%
Mooney Wright and his neighbors stake everything on a wild valley. The mountain always collects.
by John Ehle 1964
4.28
2k+ ratings
The Death of Reconstruction
by Heather Cox Richardson • 2001
The North's faith in free labor built Reconstruction, then provided the arguments to tear it down.
3.86
107
The Death of Reconstruction Summary
The Death of Reconstruction 87%
The North's faith in free labor built Reconstruction, then provided the arguments to tear it down.
by Heather Cox Richardson 2001
3.86
107 ratings
White Poverty
by William J. Barber II • 2024
America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.
4.28
719
White Poverty Summary
White Poverty 87%
America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.
by William J. Barber II 2024
4.28
719 ratings
Workers on Arrival
by Joe William Trotter Jr. • 2019
America was built on Black labor, then spent four centuries finding new ways to steal it.
4.20
41
Workers on Arrival Summary
Workers on Arrival 87%
America was built on Black labor, then spent four centuries finding new ways to steal it.
by Joe William Trotter Jr. 2019
4.20
41 ratings
Where We Stand
by bell hooks • 2000
Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.
4.24
3k+
Where We Stand Summary
Where We Stand 87%
Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.
by bell hooks 2000
4.24
3k+ ratings
American Prison
by Shane Bauer • 2018
Undercover as a guard, a reporter finds that profiting from captivity built the American prison.
4.23
13k+
American Prison Summary
American Prison 87%
Undercover as a guard, a reporter finds that profiting from captivity built the American prison.
by Shane Bauer 2018
4.23
13k+ ratings
The Hamlet Fire
by Bryant Simon • 2020
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
4.12
245
The Hamlet Fire Summary
The Hamlet Fire 87%
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
by Bryant Simon 2020
4.12
245 ratings
Why We Can't Wait
by Martin Luther King Jr. • 1964
From Birmingham to Washington: how nonviolence won, and why the next battle is economic.
4.55
9k+
Why We Can't Wait Summary
Why We Can't Wait 87%
From Birmingham to Washington: how nonviolence won, and why the next battle is economic.
by Martin Luther King Jr. 1964
4.55
9k+ ratings
The Negro Problem
by Booker T. Washington • 1903
Seven Black leaders. One question: after slavery, earn your rights or demand them?
4.22
267
The Negro Problem Summary
The Negro Problem 87%
Seven Black leaders. One question: after slavery, earn your rights or demand them?
by Booker T. Washington 1903
4.22
267 ratings
The Color of Money
by Mehrsa Baradaran • 2017
Why Black-owned banks, born from exclusion, could never close the gap they were meant to fix.
4.47
2k+
The Color of Money Summary
The Color of Money 87%
Why Black-owned banks, born from exclusion, could never close the gap they were meant to fix.
by Mehrsa Baradaran 2017
4.47
2k+ ratings
The Half Has Never Been Told
by Edward E. Baptist • 2013
Torture, not the cotton gin, drove America's economic miracle. The numbers the textbooks leave out.
4.46
6k+
The Half Has Never Been Told Summary
The Half Has Never Been Told 87%
Torture, not the cotton gin, drove America's economic miracle. The numbers the textbooks leave out.
by Edward E. Baptist 2013
4.46
6k+ ratings
The Souls of Black Folks
by W.E.B. Du Bois • 1903
To be Black and American is to watch yourself through a world's contempt: the defining problem.
4.31
45k+
The Souls of Black Folks Summary
The Souls of Black Folks 86%
To be Black and American is to watch yourself through a world's contempt: the defining problem.
by W.E.B. Du Bois 1903
4.31
45k+ ratings
From Here to Equality
by William A. Darity Jr. • 2020
A ten-to-one wealth gap, built by slavery and Jim Crow. The economic argument for reparations.
4.38
602
From Here to Equality Summary
From Here to Equality 86%
A ten-to-one wealth gap, built by slavery and Jim Crow. The economic argument for reparations.
by William A. Darity Jr. 2020
4.38
602 ratings
Up from Slavery
by Booker T. Washington • 1900
Born a slave. Built a college. His philosophy of racial progress still divides America.
4.11
36k+
Up from Slavery Summary
Up from Slavery 86%
Born a slave. Built a college. His philosophy of racial progress still divides America.
by Booker T. Washington 1900
4.11
36k+ ratings
The Water Is Wide
by Pat Conroy • 1972
The island kids couldn't tell time. Their teacher drove them to Washington.
4.17
27k+
The Water Is Wide Summary
The Water Is Wide 86%
The island kids couldn't tell time. Their teacher drove them to Washington.
by Pat Conroy 1972
4.17
27k+ ratings
The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation
by John F. Baker Jr. • 2009
A classroom photograph sent a man searching for his enslaved ancestors on a Tennessee plantation.
4.24
131
The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation Summary
The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation 86%
A classroom photograph sent a man searching for his enslaved ancestors on a Tennessee plantation.
by John F. Baker Jr. 2009
4.24
131 ratings
Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond • 2023
Poverty in America persists by design, fueled by exploitation and welfare that flows to the top.
4.27
64k+
Poverty, by America Summary
Poverty, by America 86%
Poverty in America persists by design, fueled by exploitation and welfare that flows to the top.
by Matthew Desmond 2023
4.27
64k+ ratings
The Corruption of Economics
by Mason Gaffney • 1994
To defeat one reformer, economists rewrote their discipline and deleted land as a category.
4.38
16
The Corruption of Economics Summary
The Corruption of Economics 86%
To defeat one reformer, economists rewrote their discipline and deleted land as a category.
by Mason Gaffney 1994
4.38
16 ratings
White Rage
by Carol Anderson • 2016
Every time Black Americans advance, a calculated policy backlash rolls it back.
4.46
15k+
White Rage Summary
White Rage 86%
Every time Black Americans advance, a calculated policy backlash rolls it back.
by Carol Anderson 2016
4.46
15k+ ratings
The Wages of Whiteness
by David R. Roediger • 1991
The white working class took racial status as partial payment. The bargain was a trap.
3.99
2k+
The Wages of Whiteness Summary
The Wages of Whiteness 86%
The white working class took racial status as partial payment. The bargain was a trap.
by David R. Roediger 1991
3.99
2k+ ratings
The Left Behind
by Robert Wuthnow • 2018
Rural America's anger is grief: not for lost jobs, but for communities where belonging meant duty.
3.58
650
The Left Behind Summary
The Left Behind 86%
Rural America's anger is grief: not for lost jobs, but for communities where belonging meant duty.
by Robert Wuthnow 2018
3.58
650 ratings
The Warmth of Other Suns
by Isabel Wilkerson • 2010
Three lives: a sharecropper, a picker, a surgeon. Their flight from the South rewired America.
4.48
119k+
The Warmth of Other Suns Summary
The Warmth of Other Suns 86%
Three lives: a sharecropper, a picker, a surgeon. Their flight from the South rewired America.
by Isabel Wilkerson 2010
4.48
119k+ ratings
A Nation Under Our Feet
by Steven Hahn • 2003
Enslaved people built a political world in secret. It outlasted slavery and reshaped the South.
4.11
958
A Nation Under Our Feet Summary
A Nation Under Our Feet 86%
Enslaved people built a political world in secret. It outlasted slavery and reshaped the South.
by Steven Hahn 2003
4.11
958 ratings
Stony the Road
by Henry Louis Gates Jr. • 2019
Jim Crow was not a backlash. It was a rebranding of white supremacy, using science and stereotypes.
4.16
4k+
Stony the Road Summary
Stony the Road 86%
Jim Crow was not a backlash. It was a rebranding of white supremacy, using science and stereotypes.
by Henry Louis Gates Jr. 2019
4.16
4k+ ratings
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck • 1939
The Joads flee Dust Bowl Oklahoma for California, where the promise of work betrays them.
4.03
1.0M+
The Grapes of Wrath Summary
The Grapes of Wrath 86%
The Joads flee Dust Bowl Oklahoma for California, where the promise of work betrays them.
by John Steinbeck 1939
4.03
1.0M+ ratings
Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup • 2013
Drugged and chained, a free New York violinist begins twelve years as a Louisiana slave.
4.23
126k+
Twelve Years a Slave Summary
Twelve Years a Slave 86%
Drugged and chained, a free New York violinist begins twelve years as a Louisiana slave.
by Solomon Northup 2013
4.23
126k+ ratings
Southern Politics In State and Nation
by V.O. Key Jr. • 1949
One party masks a hundred factions; the only unity is Black voter suppression.
4.32
100
Southern Politics In State and Nation Summary
Southern Politics In State and Nation 86%
One party masks a hundred factions; the only unity is Black voter suppression.
by V.O. Key Jr. 1949
4.32
100 ratings
America's Social Arsonist
by Gabriel Thompson • 2016
The overlooked mentor who taught Cesar Chavez that power begins with a house meeting.
4.54
50
America's Social Arsonist Summary
America's Social Arsonist 86%
The overlooked mentor who taught Cesar Chavez that power begins with a house meeting.
by Gabriel Thompson 2016
4.54
50 ratings
Slave Country
by Adam Rothman • 2005
The founders thought slavery would die. Their policies built a slave empire from Georgia to Texas.
3.73
169
Slave Country Summary
Slave Country 86%
The founders thought slavery would die. Their policies built a slave empire from Georgia to Texas.
by Adam Rothman 2005
3.73
169 ratings
What Is Property?
by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon • 1840
Every defense of private property, from first occupation to labor, logically requires its abolition.
3.78
2k+
What Is Property? Summary
What Is Property? 86%
Every defense of private property, from first occupation to labor, logically requires its abolition.
by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon 1840
3.78
2k+ ratings
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
by Elizabeth Catte • 2018
Appalachia's story isn't moral failure. It's extraction, and resistance is the real tradition.
4.01
5k+
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia Summary
What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia 86%
Appalachia's story isn't moral failure. It's extraction, and resistance is the real tradition.
by Elizabeth Catte 2018
4.01
5k+ ratings
The Grift
by Clay Cane • 2024
From Reconstruction to Trump, the Black conservatives who enabled racism for a seat at the table.
4.32
951
The Grift Summary
The Grift 86%
From Reconstruction to Trump, the Black conservatives who enabled racism for a seat at the table.
by Clay Cane 2024
4.32
951 ratings
The Street
by Ann Petry • 1946
Harlem, 1940s. A single mother rents a room. The super watches. The street waits.
4.27
14k+
The Street Summary
The Street 86%
Harlem, 1940s. A single mother rents a room. The super watches. The street waits.
by Ann Petry 1946
4.27
14k+ ratings
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck • 1931
Famine drives a farmer to the city, where a courtesan threatens his bond with the land.
4.01
262k+
The Good Earth Summary
The Good Earth 86%
Famine drives a farmer to the city, where a courtesan threatens his bond with the land.
by Pearl S. Buck 1931
4.01
262k+ ratings
The Populist Moment
by Lawrence Goodwyn • 1978
A democratic mass movement rose among farmers, until a hollow silver crusade stole its platform.
3.80
335
The Populist Moment Summary
The Populist Moment 86%
A democratic mass movement rose among farmers, until a hollow silver crusade stole its platform.
by Lawrence Goodwyn 1978
3.80
335 ratings
Reading with Patrick
by Michelle Kuo • 2017
Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.
4.16
6k+
Reading with Patrick Summary
Reading with Patrick 86%
Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.
by Michelle Kuo 2017
4.16
6k+ ratings
When Affirmative Action Was White
by Ira Katznelson • 2005
Social Security, the GI Bill, and labor law: they widened the racial wealth gap by design.
4.13
2k+
When Affirmative Action Was White Summary
When Affirmative Action Was White 86%
Social Security, the GI Bill, and labor law: they widened the racial wealth gap by design.
by Ira Katznelson 2005
4.13
2k+ ratings
Home
by Toni Morrison • 2012
Escaping a psych ward, a veteran crosses the Jim Crow South to rescue his dying sister.
3.83
29k+
Home Summary
Home 86%
Escaping a psych ward, a veteran crosses the Jim Crow South to rescue his dying sister.
by Toni Morrison 2012
3.83
29k+ ratings
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