03651nam 2200697 450 991046430740332120200520144314.00-8078-3830-61-4696-0051-X(CKB)3360000000476568(EBL)4321890(SSID)ssj0001591065(PQKBManifestationID)16287817(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001591065(PQKBWorkID)12184047(PQKB)10205616(MiAaPQ)EBC4321890(OCoLC)966868956(MdBmJHUP)muse48703(Au-PeEL)EBL4321890(CaPaEBR)ebr11149377(CaONFJC)MIL930847(OCoLC)623053977(EXLCZ)99336000000047656820160209h19931993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAn anxious pursuit agricultural innovation and modernity in the lower South, 1730-1815 /Joyce E. ChaplinChapel 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.©19931 online resource (430 p.)Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, VirginiaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-2084-9 0-8078-4613-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 SilkThe 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; The Geography of Opportunity; The Gin; Slavery; Chapter 9. Factories and Fields; Domestic Diversification; Final Crisis; Epilogue: Slavery, Progress, and the ""Federo-national"" Union; Statistical Method; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZPublished for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, VirginiaAgricultureSouthern StatesHistorySlaverySouthern StatesHistoryPlantation lifeSouthern StatesHistorySouthern StatesHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775Southern StatesHistory1775-1865Electronic books.AgricultureHistory.SlaveryHistory.Plantation lifeHistory.975/.02Chaplin Joyce E.900501Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464307403321An anxious pursuit2476584UNINA