New Masters - Northern Planters During the Civil War and Reconstruction

Originally published: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980. With new preface.

About the author

Lawrence N. Powell is Professor of History at Tulane University in New Orleans. He is author of numerous books including Papers of Frederick Duglass and The Politics of Reconstruction.

Summary

Powell addresses the role that the Northern Planters had on the post-Reconstruction system. He deals with a variety of issues, including race relations, the planters' motivations, work habits, capital investment patterns and their gradual disillusionment as problems mounted and profits declined.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence N Powell, Lawrence N. Powell
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• EAN: 9780823218936
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-1893-6
• No. of pages: 233
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 563 g
• Series: The North's Civil War; North's Civil War (Hardcover); North's Civil War S.; North's Civil War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous