One South Or Many? - Plantation Belt and Upcountry in Civil War-Era Tennessee

Klappentext This book is a state-wide study of Tennessee's agricultural population between 1850 and 1880. Zusammenfassung This book is a state-wide study of Tennessee's agricultural population between 1850 and 1880. The author argues that recent scholarship both oversimplifies distinctions between Black Belt and Upcountry and exaggerates the socioeconomic heterogeneity of the South as a whole. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. 'The most honorable besness in the country': farm operations at the close of the Antebellum era; 2. 'Honest industry and good recompense': wealth distribution and economic mobility on the eve of the Civil War; 3. 'God only knows what will result from this war': wealth patterns among white farmers, 1860-80; 4. 'Change and uncertainty may be anticipated': freedmen and the reorganisation of Tennessee agriculture; 5. Agricultural change to 1880; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Tracy McKenzie, Robert Tracy (University of Washington) Mckenzie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.07.2002
• EAN: 9780521526111
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52611-1
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous