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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452828603321

Autore

Thompson Edgar T (Edgar Tristram), <1900-1989.>

Titolo

The plantation [[electronic resource] /] / Edgar Tristram Thompson ; edited with an introduction by Sidney W. Mintz and George Baca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, SC, : University of South Carolina Press, c2010

ISBN

1-283-85535-6

1-61117-217-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Collana

Southern classics series

Altri autori (Persone)

MintzSidney Wilfred <1922->

BacaGeorge

Disciplina

307.72

Soggetti

Plantations

Plantations - Economic aspects - Southern States

Plantations - Economic aspects - Virginia

Land tenure - Southern States

Land tenure - Virginia

Electronic books.

Southern States Economic conditions 19th century

Virginia Economic conditions 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in Cooperation with the Institute for Southern Studies of the University of South Carolina."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The plantation as a social institution -- The metropolis and the plantation -- The plantation in Virginia -- Plantation management and imported labor in Virginia -- The plantation and the frontier -- The natural history of the plantation.

Sommario/riassunto

First full publication of Edgar Thompson's 1932 dissertation on the economics of the plantation.