S. Sarson
Palgrave Macmillan US
e druk, 2012
9781349294121
The Tobacco-Plantation South in the Early American Atlantic World
Specificaties
Paperback, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan US |
e druk, 2012
ISBN13: 9781349294121
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
A look at the extensive inequality and individualism in Prince George's County, Maryland, and the wider tobacco south, this book draws on colonial historiography to take a groundbreaking approach and examines the profound impacts of the structure of the international tobacco trade on local life.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781349294121
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction: The "Chosen People": Agrarian Myths and Messier Realities Prologue: "The Interest of the County": Prince George's County Levy Court and Local Politics, Economy, and Society "The Way to Make a Huge Fortune": The Planters "One must differentiate oneself a little": Planter Gentility, Economy, Dynasty, and Politics "I Don't Stand to the Will": Yeomen Farmers and Smallholders "Being Allowed the Liberty": Tenant Farmers and Artisans "The Torment with the Servants": Wage Workers, Servants, and Slaves Epilogue: "Objects of Distress": The Poor and the Destitute Appendix: A Statistical Analysis of Wealth Distribution and Mobility