Unredeemed Land - An Environmental History of Civil War Emancipation in Cotton South

Unredeemed Land examines the ways the Civil War and the emancipation of the slaves reconfigured the South's natural landscape, revealing the environmental constraints that shaped the rural South's transition to capitalism during the late nineteenth century.

Sommario

• Acknowledgments


• Introduction


• Chapter 1: Deferring Crisis


• Chapter 2: Revealing Vulnerabilities


• Chapter 3: Intensifying Production


• Chapter 4: Accelerating Change


• Chapter 5: Facing Limits


• Conclusion


• Notes


• Bibliography


• Index

Info autore

Erin Stewart Mauldin is Assistant Professor of History at the University of South Florida. She is the co-editor of A Companion to Global Environmental History and book review editor of Agricultural History.

Riassunto

Unredeemed Land examines the ways the Civil War and the emancipation of the slaves reconfigured the South's natural landscape, revealing the environmental constraints that shaped the rural South's transition to capitalism during the late nineteenth century.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Erin Stewart Mauldin, Erin Stewart (Assistant Professor of Hist Mauldin
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.04.2022
• EAN: 9780197563441
• ISBN: 978-0-19-756344-1
• Pagine: 258
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Singoli rami economici, branche; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, Industry & industrial studies, Industry and industrial studies