James Henry Hammond and the Old South : A Design for Mastery

From his birth in 1807 to his death in 1864 as Sherman's troops marched in triumph toward South Carolina, James Henry Hammond witnessed the rise and fall of the cotton kingdom of the Old South. Planter, politician, and partisan of slavery, Hammond built a career for himself that in its breadth...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Faust, Drew Gilpin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : LSU Press, 1985.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hammond, James Henry, > 1807-1864
Hammond, James Henry, > 1807-1864.
Slavery.
Slaveholders.
Politics and government
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Proprietaires d'esclaves > Caroline du Sud > Biographies.
Slaveholders > South Carolina > Biography.
Slavery > Southern States.
Southern States.
South Carolina.
Caroline du Sud > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1865.
South Carolina > Politics and government > 1775-1865.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:From his birth in 1807 to his death in 1864 as Sherman's troops marched in triumph toward South Carolina, James Henry Hammond witnessed the rise and fall of the cotton kingdom of the Old South. Planter, politician, and partisan of slavery, Hammond built a career for himself that in its breadth and ambition provides a composite portrait of the civilization in which he flourished. A long-awaited biography, Drew Gilpin Faust's James Henry Hammond and the Old South reveals the South Carolina planter who was at once characteristic of his age and unique among men of his time. Of humble origins, Hammo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (432 pages).
ISBN:9780807152478

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