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Old South, New South : revolutions in the southern economy since the Civil War

Title
Old South, New South : revolutions in the southern economy since the Civil War / Gavin Wright.
Author
Wright, Gavin.
Publication
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1996.

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Description
x, 321 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm
Subjects
Note
  • Originally published: New York : Basic Books, c1986.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-309) and index.
Contents
1. Old South, New South -- 2. From Laborlords to Landlords: The "Liberation" of the Southern Economy -- 3. The Long View of Southern Land and Labor -- 4. Plantation, Farm, and Farm Labor in the South -- 5. The Rise of Southern Textiles -- 6. Southern Industry, the Colonial Economy, and Black Workers -- 7. The Interwar Years: Assault on the Low-Wage Economy -- 8. The New Economy of the Postwar South.
ISBN
0807120987 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
85043106
OCLC
ocm36311163
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries