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viii, 375 pages : 20 cm Original in both material and method of approach, this classic work deals with the social and economic history of the South up to 1861. Immigration, the influence of climate and soil, of religion, of race, of the rise of cotton as a staple, of transportation, of the opening the Southwest, and other elements are traced in a style that is clear, vigorous and engaging. --back cover Includes bibliographical references and index The land of Dixie -- The Old Dominion -- The younger colonies -- Redskins and Latins -- From the backwoods to the bluegrass -- The cotton belt -- Staple economy -- Traffic -- The peculiar institution -- The costs of labor -- Life in thraldom -- Some Virginia masters -- Southeastern plantations -- Planters of the southwest -- Overseers. -- Homesteads -- The plain people -- The gentry

Author

Ulrich Bonnell Phillips

Publisher

Boston: Little, Brown

Published

1963

Language

EN