Transition to an Industrial South : Athens, Georgia, 1830-1870 /

Renowned New South booster Henry Grady proposed industrialization as a basis of economic recovery for the former Confederacy. Born in 1850 in Athens, Georgia, to a family involved in the city's thriving manufacturing industries, Grady saw firsthand the potential of industrialization for the reg...

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Main Author: Gagnon, Michael J., 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Industrialization.
Economic history.
Cotton textile industry.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Tissus de coton > Industrie > Georgie (État) > Athens > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Industrialisation > Georgie (État) > Athens > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Cotton textile industry > Georgia > Athens > History > 19th century.
Industrialization > Georgia > Athens > History > 19th century.
Georgia > Athens.
Athens (Ga.) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Athens (Ga.) > History > 19th century.
History
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Summary:Renowned New South booster Henry Grady proposed industrialization as a basis of economic recovery for the former Confederacy. Born in 1850 in Athens, Georgia, to a family involved in the city's thriving manufacturing industries, Grady saw firsthand the potential of industrialization for the region. In Transition to an Industrial South, Michael J. Gagnon explores the creation of an industrial network in the antebellum South by focusing on the creation and expansion of cotton textile manufacture in Athens. By 1835, local entrepreneurs had built three cotton factories in Athens, started a bank, a.
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9780807145098

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