1. The Decline and Fall of a Cotton Empire: Economic and Land-use Change in the Lower Mississippi River "delta" South, 1930-1970 Open Access Author: Hagge, Patrick David Title: The Decline and Fall of a Cotton Empire: Economic and Land-use Change in the Lower Mississippi River "delta" South, 1930-1970 Graduate Program: Geography Keywords: historical geographycottonDeltaruralagricultureUS Southeconomic change1930s1970sland File: Download Dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Deryck William Holdsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorDeryck William Holdsworth, Committee Chair/Co-ChairRoger Michael Downs, Committee MemberDonna Jean Peuquet, Committee MemberWilliam Alan Blair, Committee Member