Fair to Middlin' : The Antebellum Cotton Trade of the Apalachicola/Chattahoochee River Valley

In Fair to Middlin', Lynn Willoughby describes the livelihood of the regional antebellum economy surrounding the Apalachicola/Chattahoochee River valley and the resulting global impact of this industry. This study focuses on the port of Apalachicola, Florida and the business men who lived the t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Willoughby, Lynn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Cotton trade.
Cotton trade > Florida > Apalachicola > History.
Florida > Apalachicola.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In Fair to Middlin', Lynn Willoughby describes the livelihood of the regional antebellum economy surrounding the Apalachicola/Chattahoochee River valley and the resulting global impact of this industry. This study focuses on the port of Apalachicola, Florida and the business men who lived the trade, flourishing amongst the poor conditions of transportation, communication, money, and banking. Cotton businessmen located along the waterway and on the coast neatly divided the labour necessary to market the region's major source of income. Early regional economics revolved around and grew from the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (212 pages).
ISBN:9780817389796

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