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The British Gentry, the Southern Planter, and the Northern Family Farmer : Agriculture and Sectional Antagonism in North America /

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Huston, James L., 1947-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2015]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Preface
  • PART I. THE ENGLISH AND BRITISH AGRICULTURAL STANDARD, 1300-1800
  • The English Civil War and the birth of the free labor ideology
  • The standard : British agriculture, 1660-1870
  • PART II. NORTHERN FAMILY FARMING AND THE SOUTHERN PLANTATION COMPLEX
  • English husbandry on another continent : North American farming, 1607-1815
  • Dimensions of antebellum northern farming
  • The actors on the northern farm and their quest for competency
  • The plantation assault on the Southern yeoman
  • Inspiring fear : the plantation, the British gentry, and mastery of others
  • PART III. AGRICULTURE AND SECTIONAL ANTAGONISMS
  • The agricultural basis of the free labor ideology in the United States
  • Davids versus Goliaths : the sectional controversy as a fight between agricultural regions
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A : Calculation of acreage owned by slaveholders and nonslaveholders
  • Appendix B : Counties used for comparison.