Ante-bellum Alabama : town and country / / Weymouth T. Jordan ; with an introduction by Kenneth R. Johnson
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| Autore: |
Jordan Weymouth T., Jr., <1938->
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| Titolo: |
Ante-bellum Alabama : town and country / / Weymouth T. Jordan ; with an introduction by Kenneth R. Johnson
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| Pubblicazione: | University, Alabama : , : University of Alabama Press, , [1987] |
| ©1957 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 976 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Alabama History 1819-1950 |
| Note generali: | Reprint. Originally published: Tallahassee, Fla. : Florida State University, c1957. |
| Includes index. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Bibliography: pages [161]-165. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ante-bellum Alabama |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-8867-2 |
| 0-585-09802-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807336703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Library of Alabama classics.