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Plantation Kingdom: The American South and Its Global Commodities
Richard Follett
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Description for Plantation Kingdom: The American South and Its Global Commodities
Paperback. Written for scholars and students alike, Plantation Kingdom is an accessible and fascinating study. Series: The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. .
In 1850, America's plantation economy reigned supreme. U.S. cotton dominated world markets, and American rice, sugarcane, and tobacco grew throughout a vast farming empire that stretched from Maryland to Texas. Four million enslaved African Americans toiled the fields, producing global commodities that enriched the most powerful class of slaveholders the world had ever known. But fifty years later-after emancipation demolished the plantation-labor system, Asian competition flooded world markets with cheap raw materials, and free trade eliminated protected markets-America's plantations lay in ruins. Plantation Kingdom traces the rise and fall of America's plantation economy. Written by four renowned ... Read more
In 1850, America's plantation economy reigned supreme. U.S. cotton dominated world markets, and American rice, sugarcane, and tobacco grew throughout a vast farming empire that stretched from Maryland to Texas. Four million enslaved African Americans toiled the fields, producing global commodities that enriched the most powerful class of slaveholders the world had ever known. But fifty years later-after emancipation demolished the plantation-labor system, Asian competition flooded world markets with cheap raw materials, and free trade eliminated protected markets-America's plantations lay in ruins. Plantation Kingdom traces the rise and fall of America's plantation economy. Written by four renowned ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series
Condition
New
Weight
216g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421419404
SKU
V9781421419404
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About Richard Follett
Richard Follett is a professor of American history at the University of Sussex and the author of The Sugar Masters: Planters and Slaves in Louisiana's Cane World, 1820-1860. Sven Beckert is the Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard University and the author of Empire of Cotton: A Global History. Peter Coclanis is the Albert R. Newsome Distinguished Professor ... Read more
Reviews for Plantation Kingdom: The American South and Its Global Commodities
A concise presentation of some of the best recent scholarship in agricultural history...Environmental historians will find the book useful as an introduction to southern agricultural history, exploring the economic, political, and environmental factors that influenced plantation agriculture.
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Plantation Kingdom: The American South and Its Global Commodities will serve nicely in advanced undergraduate or graduate courses as ... Read more
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Plantation Kingdom: The American South and Its Global Commodities will serve nicely in advanced undergraduate or graduate courses as ... Read more