Trading with the enemy : the covert economy during the American Civil War / / Philip Leigh

• Autore: Leigh Philip
• Pubblicazione: Yardley, Pennsylvania : , : Westholme, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 182 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 973.71
• Soggetto topico: Interstate commerce - United States - History - 19th century; Cotton trade - United States - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Economic aspects
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The world cotton economy -- Official policy -- The Port Royal experiment -- Matamoros -- Mississippi Valley trade -- Abusing the blockade -- Norfolk -- Kirby Smithdom -- Eyes tightly shut.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Trading with the Enemy: The Covert Economy During the American Civil War, New York Times Disunion contributor Philip Leigh recounts the little-known story of clandestine commerce between the North and South. Cotton was so important to the Northern economy that Yankees began growing it on the captured Sea Islands of South Carolina. Soon the neutral port of Matamoras, Mexico, became a major trading center, where nearly all the munitions shipped to the port - much of it from Northern armories - went to the Confederacy. After the fall of New Orleans and Vicksburg, a frenzy of contraband-for-cotton swept across the vast trans-Mississippi Confederacy, with Northerners sometimes buying the cotton directly from the Confederate government. A fascinating study, Trading with the Enemy adds another layer to our understanding of the Civil War.
• Titolo autorizzato: Trading with the enemy
• ISBN: 1-59416-576-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910794259303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II