Ante-bellum Alabama : town and country / / Weymouth T. Jordan ; with an introduction by Kenneth R. Johnson

• Autore: Jordan Weymouth T., Jr., <1938->
• Pubblicazione: University, Alabama : , : University of Alabama Press, , [1987]; ©1957
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 976
• Soggetto geografico: Alabama History 1819-1950
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.: 9910455164703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Library of Alabama classics.