Carolina''s Golden Fields - Inland Rice Cultivation in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1670-1860

Examines the environmental and technological complexity of South Carolina inland rice plantations from 1670 to 1860.

Sommario

1. Introduction: in land of cypress and pine; 2. Simple reserves: early development of inland rice, 1670-1729; 3. The 'golden mines of Carolina': expansion of the inland complex, 1730-1783; 4. 'To depend altogether on reservoirs': upper Wando River rice cultivation, 1783-1860; 5. 'The rice fields which are sown have been partially flowed': water and labor management during the antebellum period; 6. Inland rice cultivation and the promise of agricultural reform; 7. Epilogue: forgotten fields.

Info autore

Hayden R. Smith is Adjunct Professor of History at the College of Charleston, South Carolina.

Riassunto

This book examines the environmental and technological complexity of South Carolina inland rice plantations from their inception at the turn of the seventeenth century to the brink of their institutional collapse at the eve of the Civil War.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hayden R. Smith, Hayden R. (College of Charleston Smith, Smith Hayden R.
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781108423403
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42340-3
• Pagine: 258
• Serie: Cambridge Studies on the Ameri; Cambridge Studies on the American South
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, South Carolina, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1500 onwards to present day, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Specific wars and campaigns, C 1600 To C 1700, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War