Southern Capitalism : The Political Economy of North Carolina, 1880-1980 /

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Southern Capitalism challenges prevailing views of Southern development by arguing that the persisting peculiarities of the Southern economy-such as low wages and high poverty rates-have not resulted from barriers to capitalist development, nor from the lingering influence of planter values. Wood ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wood, Phillip J., 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1986.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Industries.
Economic policy.
Economic history.
Capitalism.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
Industrie > Caroline du Nord > Histoire.
Capitalisme > Caroline du Nord > Histoire.
Industries > North Carolina > History.
Capitalism > North Carolina > History.
North Carolina.
Caroline du Nord > Politique economique.
Caroline du Nord > Conditions economiques.
North Carolina > Economic policy.
North Carolina > Economic conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Southern Capitalism challenges prevailing views of Southern development by arguing that the persisting peculiarities of the Southern economy-such as low wages and high poverty rates-have not resulted from barriers to capitalist development, nor from the lingering influence of planter values. Wood argues that these peculiarities can instead be best understood as the consequence of a strategy of capitalist development, based on the creation and preservation of social conditions and relations conducive to the above-average exploitation of labor by capital. focusing on the evolving r.
Physical Description:1 online resource (287 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780822382928

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