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Grassroots leviathan : agricultural reform and the rural North in the slaveholding republic /
"Author Ron traces how middle-class farmers in the "Greater Northeast" built a movement of semi-public agricultural societies, fairs, and periodicals that, together, fundamentally recast the relationship of rural people to market forces and governing structures. A novelty of his histo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2020
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| Colección: | Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Author Ron traces how middle-class farmers in the "Greater Northeast" built a movement of semi-public agricultural societies, fairs, and periodicals that, together, fundamentally recast the relationship of rural people to market forces and governing structures. A novelty of his historical interpretation is that he posits agrarian reform in the North as an antithesis to the slaveholding South rather than industrialization as has been traditionally juxtaposed with the South's plantation economy"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 308 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1421439336 9781421439334 |