Journey in the Seaboard Slave States - With Remarks on Their Economy

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), American journalist and landscape designer, wrote A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States after travelling in the south in 1853-4. It abounds in fascinating and witty descriptions of Olmsted's encounters and experiences in a society which was on the verge of overwhelming change. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. South Carolina and Georgia; 2. Rice and its culture; 3. Experimental political economy of South Carolina and Georgia; 4. Alabama; 5. Experience of Alabama; 6. Louisiana.

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• Authors: Olmsted Frederick Law, Frederick Law Olmsted, Frederick Law Jr. Olmsted, Frederick Law Olmsted Olmsted, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr, William P. Trent, William Peterfield Olmsted Trent
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.07.2009
• EAN: 9781108005586
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00558-6
• No. of pages: 424
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales