One Kind of Freedom - The Economic Consequences of Emancipation

Klappentext This edition of the economic history classic One Kind of Freedom reprints the entire text of the first edition together with an introduction by the authors and an extensive bibliography of works in Southern history published since the appearance of the first edition. The book examines the economic institutions that replaced slavery and the conditions under which ex-slaves were allowed to enter the economic life of the United States following the Civil War. The authors contend that although the kind of freedom permitted to black Americans allowed substantial increases in their economic welfare, it effectively curtailed further black advancement and retarded Southern economic development. Quantitative data are used to describe the historical setting but also shape the authors' economic analysis and test the appropriateness of their interpretations. Ransom and Sutch's revised findings enrich the picture of the era and offer directions for future research. Zusammenfassung One Kind of Freedom examines the economic institutions that replaced slavery following the Civil War. This edition of this economic history classic includes an introduction by the authors and revised findings based on more recently available data and statistical techniques. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Preface to the new edition; Acknowledgements; A note to the reader; 1. What did freedom mean?; 2. The legacy of slavery; 3. The myth of the prostrate South; 4. The demise of the plantation; 5. Agricultural reconstruction; 6. Financial reconstruction; 7. The emergence of the merchants' territorial monopoly; 8. The trap of debt peonage; 9. The roots of southern poverty; Statistical appendixes; Epilogue; A bibliography of literature on the South after 1977; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Roger L. Ransom, Roger L. (University of California Ransom, Roger L. Sutch Ransom, Ransom Roger L., Richard Sutch, Richard (University of California Sutch, Sutch Richard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.07.2001
• EAN: 9780521791694
• ISBN: 978-0-521-79169-4
• No. of pages: 486
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards