LEADER 03651nam 2200697 450 001 9910464307403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8078-3830-6 010 $a1-4696-0051-X 035 $a(CKB)3360000000476568 035 $a(EBL)4321890 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001591065 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16287817 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001591065 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)12184047 035 $a(PQKB)10205616 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4321890 035 $a(OCoLC)966868956 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse48703 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4321890 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11149377 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930847 035 $a(OCoLC)623053977 035 $a(EXLCZ)993360000000476568 100 $a20160209h19931993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$aAn anxious pursuit $eagricultural innovation and modernity in the lower South, 1730-1815 /$fJoyce E. Chaplin 210 1$aChapel Hill, [North Carolina] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cPublished for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press,$d1993. 210 4$dİ1993 215 $a1 online resource (430 p.) 225 1 $aPublished for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-2084-9 311 $a0-8078-4613-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Preface; Illustrations and Tables; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Perspectives on the Development of a Plantation Region; ONE: CONSIDERING MODERN???; 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 327 $aThe Upcountry RespondsTWO: REALIZING MODERN???; Chapter 6. Crisis and Response: Indigo and Cotton; An Imperial Blue; A Patriotic Fiber; The Luxury Staple; Chapter 7. Crisis and Response: Tidal Rice Cultivation; Rivers; Mills; Power; Chapter 8. Creating a Cotton South; The Geography of Opportunity; The Gin; Slavery; Chapter 9. Factories and Fields; Domestic Diversification; Final Crisis; Epilogue: Slavery, Progress, and the ""Federo-national"" Union; Statistical Method; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z 410 0$aPublished for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia 606 $aAgriculture$zSouthern States$xHistory 606 $aSlavery$zSouthern States$xHistory 606 $aPlantation life$zSouthern States$xHistory 607 $aSouthern States$xHistory$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775 607 $aSouthern States$xHistory$y1775-1865 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAgriculture$xHistory. 615 0$aSlavery$xHistory. 615 0$aPlantation life$xHistory. 676 $a975/.02 700 $aChaplin$b Joyce E.$0900501 712 02$aInstitute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464307403321 996 $aAn anxious pursuit$92476584 997 $aUNINA