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Autore |
Jordan Weymouth T., Jr., <1938-> |
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Ante-bellum Alabama : town and country / / Weymouth T. Jordan ; with an introduction by Kenneth R. Johnson |
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University, Alabama : , : University of Alabama Press, , [1987] |
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©1957 |
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ISBN |
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0-8173-8867-2 |
0-585-09802-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Collana |
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Library of Alabama classics |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Alabama History 1819-1950 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Reprint. Originally published: Tallahassee, Fla. : Florida State University, c1957. |
Includes index. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Bibliography: pages [161]-165. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction by Kenneth R. Johnson; Preface; 1. Metropolis by the Sea; 2. A Black Belt Town; 3. A Black Belt Planter Family; 4. A Family Daybook; 5. Negro ""Pecularities""; 6. The Crusade for Agricultural Reform; 7. The Industrial Gospel; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Ante-Bellum Alabama: Town and Country was written to give the reader insight into importaant facers of Alabama's ante-bellum history. Presented in the form of case studies from the pre-Civil War period, the book deals with a city, a town, a planter's family, rural social life, attitudes concerning race, and Alabama's early agricultural and industrial development. Ante-bellum Alabama's primary interest was agriculture; the chief crop was King Cotton; and most of the people were agriculturalists. Towns and cities came into existence to supply the agricultural needs of the state and to proces |
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