Lost plantations of the South [[electronic resource] /] / Marc R. Matrana
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| Autore: |
Matrana Marc R
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| Titolo: |
Lost plantations of the South [[electronic resource] /] / Marc R. Matrana
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| Pubblicazione: | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.3/49 |
| Soggetto topico: | Plantations - Southern States - History |
| Plantation life - Southern States - History | |
| Plantation owners - Southern States | |
| Enslaved persons - Southern States | |
| Historic sites - Conservation and restoration - Southern States | |
| Historic preservation - Southern States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Southern States History, Local |
| Southern States History, Local Pictorial works | |
| Southern States Biography | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-298) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. The Upper South, East: Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland; CHAPTER 2. The Upper South, West: Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee; CHAPTER 3. The Carolinas; CHAPTER 4. Georgia; CHAPTER 5. Alabama and Florida; CHAPTER 6. Mississippi; CHAPTER 7. Louisiana; CHAPTER 8. Texas; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Note to the Reader; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The great majority of the South's plantation homes have been destroyed over time, and many have long been forgotten. In Lost Plantations of the South , Marc R. Matrana weaves together photographs, diaries and letters, architectural renderings, and other rare documents to tell the story of sixty of these vanquished estates and the people who once called them home. From plantations that were destroyed by natural disaster such as Alabama?s Forks of Cypress, to those that were intentionally demolished such as Seven Oaks in Louisiana and Mount Brilliant in Kentucky, Matrana resurrects these lost ma |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Lost plantations of the South |
| ISBN: | 1-282-48553-9 |
| 9786612485534 | |
| 1-60473-469-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910792345603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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