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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-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ante-bellum Alabama : town and country / / Weymouth T. Jordan ; with an introduction by Kenneth R. Johnson Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8173-8867-2
0-585-09802-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910455164703321
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Serie: Library of Alabama classics.