LEADER 03232nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910457708803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-0327-6 010 $a0-8078-8237-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000064886 035 $a(EBL)797777 035 $a(OCoLC)769189703 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000539226 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11360944 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539226 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10568278 035 $a(PQKB)10840109 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245472 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC797777 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4322012 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23459 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL797777 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10511448 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000064886 100 $a20080828d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aModernizing a slave economy$b[electronic resource] $ethe economic vision of the Confederate nation /$fJohn Majewski 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 225 1 $aCivil War America 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-1491-X 311 $a0-8078-3251-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Imagining a Confederate economy -- Shifting cultivation, slavery, and economic development -- Agricultural reform and state activism -- Explaining Lieber's paradox : railroads, state building, and slavery -- Redefining free trade to modernize the South -- Economic nationalism and the growth of the Confederate state -- Statistical appendix: The origins and impact of shifting cultivation. 330 $aWhat would separate Union and Confederate countries look like if the South had won the Civil War? In fact, this was something that southern secessionists actively debated. Imagining themselves as nation builders, they understood the importance of a plan for the economic structure of the Confederacy. The traditional view assumes that Confederate slave-based agrarianism went hand in hand with a natural hostility toward industry and commerce. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, John Majewski's analysis finds that secessionists strongly believed in industrial development and state-led 410 0$aCivil War America. 606 $aSlavery$xEconomic aspects$zSouthern States 606 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$zSouthern States 606 $aEconomic development$zConfederate States of America$xHistory 607 $aConfederate States of America$xEconomic conditions 607 $aConfederate States of America$xEconomic policy 607 $aConfederate States of America$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSlavery$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aEconomic development$xHistory. 676 $a330.975/03 700 $aMajewski$b John D.$f1965-$0862321 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457708803321 996 $aModernizing a slave economy$91924882 997 $aUNINA