Southern Scoundrels : Grifters and Graft in the Nineteenth Century /

"The history of capitalist development in the United States is long, uneven, and overwhelmingly focused on the northern states. Recent years have witnessed an explosion of works on capitalism in the South. Still, these have primarily been macroeconomic studies emphasizing the role of the cotton...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Baker, Bruce E., 1971- (Editor), Forret, Jeff, 1972- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Swindlers and swindling
Economic history
Capitalism
Capitalism > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Swindlers and swindling > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Southern States
Southern States > Economic conditions > 19th century.
History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Jeff Forret and Bruce E. Baker
  • Preachers and Peddlers: Credit and Belief in the Flush Times / John Lindbeck
  • A Gentleman and a Scoundrel? Alexander McDonald, Financial Reputation, and Slavery's Capitalism / Alexandra J. Finley
  • "How Deeply They Weed into the Pockets": Slave Traders, Bank Speculators, and the Anatomy of a Chesapeake Wildcat, 1840-1843 / Jeff Forret
  • Bernard Kendig: Orchestrating Fraud in the Market and the Courtroom / Maria R. Montalvo
  • William A. Britton v. Benjamin F. Butler: Occupied New Orleans, Confiscation, and the Disruption of the Cotton Trade in Wartime Natchez / Jeff Strickland
  • Devils at the Doorstep: Confederate Judges, Masters of Sequestration / Rodney J. Steward
  • "Irresistibly Impelled toward Illegal Appropriation": The Civil War Schemes of William G. Cheeney / Jimmy L. Bryan, Jr.
  • Das Kapital on Tchoupitoulas Street: The Marketing of Stolen Goods and the Reserve Army of Labor in Reconstruction-Era New Orleans / Bruce E. Baker
  • The Violent Lives of William Faucett / Elaine S. Frantz
  • Eureka! Law and Order for Sale in Gilded Age Appalachia / T. R. C. Hutton.

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