Plantation Kingdom : The American South and Its Global Commodities /

"Students need to understand how market demand for certain staple crops created plantations and the slave- and then indentured-labor system, and this book explains it. The third entry in the Cunliffe Series, it examines the cultivation of American tobacco, rice, sugar, and cotton in the context...

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Main Authors: Follett, Richard J., 1968- (Author), Hahn, Barbara, 1967- (Author), Coclanis, Peter A., 1952- (Author), Beckert, Sven (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Esclaves > États-Unis (sud) > Conditions sociales.
Agriculture > Aspect economique > États-Unis (sud) > Histoire.
Plantations > Aspect economique > États-Unis (sud) > Histoire.
Slaves > United States > Social conditions.
African Americans > Southern States > Economic conditions.
Slavery > Economic aspects > Southern States > History.
Cotton trade > Southern States > History.
Sugar trade > Southern States > History.
Rice trade > Southern States > History.
Tobacco industry > Southern States > History.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Southern States > History.
Plantations > Economic aspects > Southern States > History.
Landwirtschaft
Plantage
Sklaverei
Tobacco industry.
Sugar trade.
Slaves > Social conditions.
Slavery > Economic aspects.
Rice trade.
Plantations > Economic aspects.
Economic history.
Cotton trade.
Agriculture > Economic aspects.
African Americans > Economic conditions.
Esclaves > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Noirs americains > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions economiques.
Sucre > Industrie > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Riz > Commerce > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Tabac > Industrie > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Agriculture > Aspect economique > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Plantations > Aspect economique > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
États-Unis (sud) > Conditions economiques.
Southern States > Economic conditions.
USA > Südstaaten
United States.
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions economiques.
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Richard Follett
  • The road to commodity hell : the rise and fall of the first American rice industry / Peter A. Coclanis
  • Cotton and the U.S. South : a short history / Sven beckert
  • The rise and fall of American sugar / Richard follett
  • Tobacco's commodity route / Barbara hahn
  • Conclusion / Richard follett.

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