James C Giesen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4790654 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James C Giesen |
| GIVEN NAMES | James C |
| FAMILY NAME | Giesen |
| SIGNATURE | GIESEN J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mississippi State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South
Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South: Two Centuries of Catastrophe, Risk, and Resilience Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South: Two Centuries of Catastrophe, Risk, and Resilience. Ed. by Cindy Ermus. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2018. x, 206 pp. $45.00.) James C. Giesen James C. Giesen Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jou…
Bulldozer Revolutions
Jason Manthorne (1982-2013)
The Herald of Prosperity
As scholars and singers have pointed out in monographs and folk songs, the cotton boll weevil was a devastating force on southern farming and rural life. No symbol is more indicative of this destruction than Enterprise, Alabama's boll weevil monument. This essay examines not how the cotton pest destroyed the region's staple crop, but how women and men across race and class lines understood the beetle's threat and used it to their advantage. The s…
The New Environmental Politics and Its Antecedents
James C. Giesen is assistant professor of history at Mississippi State University, where he directs the department's graduate concentration in Agriculture, Rural, and Environmental History. Mark D. Hersey is an assistant professor of history at Mississippi State University. The authors would like to thank Alan Marcus for his thoughtful readings of this essay. Notes James C. Giesen is assistant professor of history at Mississippi State University,…
The Truth about the Boll Weevil”
The cotton boll weevil's threat to the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta at the start of the twentieth century reveals how the region's elite landowners used racism and social power to maintain control over a vast agro-environment in the face of a potentially devastating natural threat. The insect pest put their cotton kingdom in peril, and planters responded by approaching this beetle not as a natural disaster, but as a human one. Their preparations for t…
The History of Cotton
Book Review| October 01 2009 The History of Cotton The History of Cotton. South Carolina Cotton Museum. James C. Giesen James C. Giesen Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Agricultural History (2009) 83 (4): 548–549. https://doi.org/10.1215/00021482-83.4.548 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation James C. Giesen; The History of Cotton. Agricultural History 1 January 2009; 83 (4): 548–549. d…
The Truth about the Boll Weevil”
The cotton boll weevil's threat to the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta at the start of the twentieth century reveals how the region's elite landowners used racism and social power to maintain control over a vast agro-environment in the face of a potentially devastating natural threat. The insect pest put their cotton kingdom in peril, and planters responded by approaching this beetle not as a natural disaster, but as a human one. Their preparations for t…
Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South
Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South: Two Centuries of Catastrophe, Risk, and Resilience Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South: Two Centuries of Catastrophe, Risk, and Resilience. Ed. by Cindy Ermus. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2018. x, 206 pp. $45.00.) James C. Giesen James C. Giesen Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jou…
The Herald of Prosperity
As scholars and singers have pointed out in monographs and folk songs, the cotton boll weevil was a devastating force on southern farming and rural life. No symbol is more indicative of this destruction than Enterprise, Alabama's boll weevil monument. This essay examines not how the cotton pest destroyed the region's staple crop, but how women and men across race and class lines understood the beetle's threat and used it to their advantage. The s…
The Truth about the Boll Weevil”
The cotton boll weevil's threat to the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta at the start of the twentieth century reveals how the region's elite landowners used racism and social power to maintain control over a vast agro-environment in the face of a potentially devastating natural threat. The insect pest put their cotton kingdom in peril, and planters responded by approaching this beetle not as a natural disaster, but as a human one. Their preparations for t…
The History of Cotton
Book Review| October 01 2009 The History of Cotton The History of Cotton. South Carolina Cotton Museum. James C. Giesen James C. Giesen Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Agricultural History (2009) 83 (4): 548–549. https://doi.org/10.1215/00021482-83.4.548 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation James C. Giesen; The History of Cotton. Agricultural History 1 January 2009; 83 (4): 548–549. d…
The New Environmental Politics and Its Antecedents
James C. Giesen is assistant professor of history at Mississippi State University, where he directs the department's graduate concentration in Agriculture, Rural, and Environmental History. Mark D. Hersey is an assistant professor of history at Mississippi State University. The authors would like to thank Alan Marcus for his thoughtful readings of this essay. Notes James C. Giesen is assistant professor of history at Mississippi State University,…
The Herald of Prosperity
As scholars and singers have pointed out in monographs and folk songs, the cotton boll weevil was a devastating force on southern farming and rural life. No symbol is more indicative of this destruction than Enterprise, Alabama's boll weevil monument. This essay examines not how the cotton pest destroyed the region's staple crop, but how women and men across race and class lines understood the beetle's threat and used it to their advantage. The s…
Jason Manthorne (1982-2013)
Bulldozer Revolutions
Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South
Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South: Two Centuries of Catastrophe, Risk, and Resilience Environmental Disaster in the Gulf South: Two Centuries of Catastrophe, Risk, and Resilience. Ed. by Cindy Ermus. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2018. x, 206 pp. $45.00.) James C. Giesen James C. Giesen Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jou…
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