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Autore |
Chaplin Joyce E. |
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An anxious pursuit : agricultural innovation and modernity in the lower South, 1730-1815 / / Joyce E. Chaplin |
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Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] ; ; London, [England] : , : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , 1993 |
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©1993 |
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979-88-908647-7-2 |
0-8078-3830-6 |
1-4696-0051-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (430 p.) |
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Collana |
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Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Agriculture - Southern States - History |
Slavery - Southern States - History |
Plantation life - Southern States - History |
Southern States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
Southern States History 1775-1865 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Illustrations and Tables; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Perspectives on the Development of a Plantation Region; ONE: CONSIDERING MODERNΙΤΥ; Chapter 2. The Fate of Progress in the Early Lower South; The Idea of Material Progress; Local Discussion; Slavery, Sentiment, and Stasis; Chapter 3. Being Exotic; Species of Eternity; Travelers' Accounts-Science and Fiction; Chapter 4. The Local Work Ethic; Fevers and Strangers; Duties and Improvements; Work and Slavery: A Problem; Social Mobility; Chapter 5. Projects and Power; Patrons of the Exotic; The Case of Silk |
The Upcountry RespondsTWO: REALIZING MODERNΙΤΥ; Chapter 6. Crisis and Response: Indigo and Cotton; An Imperial Blue; A Patriotic Fiber; The Luxury Staple; Chapter 7. Crisis and Response: Tidal Rice Cultivation; Rivers; Mills; Power; Chapter 8. Creating a Cotton South; |
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