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The Old South Frontier: Cotton Plantations and the Formation of Arkansas Society, 1819-1861
Donald P. Mcneilly
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Description for The Old South Frontier: Cotton Plantations and the Formation of Arkansas Society, 1819-1861
Hardcover. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSR; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
In this deeply researched and well-written study, Donald P. McNeilly examines how moderately wealthy planters and sons of planters immigrated into the virtually empty lands of Arkansas, seeking their fortune and to establish themselves as the leaders of a new planter aristocracy west of the Mississippi River. These men, sometimes alone, sometimes with family, and usually with slaves, sought the best land possible, cleared it, planted their crops, and erected crude houses and other buildings. Life was difficult for these would-be leaders of society and their families, and especially hard for the slaves who toiled to create fields in which ... Read more
In this deeply researched and well-written study, Donald P. McNeilly examines how moderately wealthy planters and sons of planters immigrated into the virtually empty lands of Arkansas, seeking their fortune and to establish themselves as the leaders of a new planter aristocracy west of the Mississippi River. These men, sometimes alone, sometimes with family, and usually with slaves, sought the best land possible, cleared it, planted their crops, and erected crude houses and other buildings. Life was difficult for these would-be leaders of society and their families, and especially hard for the slaves who toiled to create fields in which ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557286192
SKU
V9781557286192
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Ref
99-3
About Donald P. Mcneilly
Donald P. McNeilly received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Maryland. This study, his first book, is based on his dissertation, written under the direction of Professor Ira Berlin. McNeilly is currently an instructor in the University Honors Program (English) at the University of Maryland.
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