Steamboats and the rise of the cotton kingdom /
In Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom Robert Gudmestad offers new insights into the remarkable and significant history of transportation and commerce in the antebellum South. He examines the wide-ranging influence of steamboats on the Southern economy. From carrying cash crops to market,...
| Основен автор: | Gudmestad, Robert H., 1964- |
|---|---|
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
℗♭2011.
|
| Предмети: | |
| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=386972 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Steamboats and the rise of the cotton kingdom. |
| Резюме: |
In Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom Robert Gudmestad offers new insights into the remarkable and significant history of transportation and commerce in the antebellum South. He examines the wide-ranging influence of steamboats on the Southern economy. From carrying cash crops to market, to contributing to slave productivity, increasing the flexibility of labor, and connecting southerners to overlapping orbits of regional, national, and international markets, steamboats not only benefitted slaveholders and northern industries but also affected cotton production. |
|---|---|
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 280 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-270) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780807138410 080713841X |