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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Huston, James L., 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
War > Causes.
Slavery > Economic aspects.
Regional economics.
Plantations > Economic aspects.
Plantation owners.
Labor.
Farms, Size of.
Farmers.
Family farms.
Agriculture > Economic aspects.
Économie regionale > États-Unis.
Travail > États-Unis > Histoire.
Agriculteurs > États-Unis > Histoire.
Exploitations agricoles familiales > États-Unis > Histoire.
Proprietaires de plantations > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Plantations > Aspect economique > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Exploitations agricoles > Dimension > États-Unis.
Agriculture > Aspect economique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Regional economics > United States.
Slavery > Economic aspects > United States > History.
Labor > United States > History.
Farmers > United States > History.
Family farms > United States > History.
Plantation owners > Southern States > History.
Plantations > Economic aspects > Southern States > History.
Farms, Size of > United States.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > United States > History.
United States.
Southern States.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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