Agriculture and the Confederacy : policy, productivity, and power in the Civil War South /

In this comprehensive and innovative Civil War history, R. Douglas Hurt traces the decline and fall of agriculture in the Confederate States of America, the backbone of the Southern economy, which, alongside military strength, Southerners believed would ensure their independence. In a sweeping study...

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Main Author: Hurt, R. Douglas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2015].
Series:Civil War America (Series)
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Summary:In this comprehensive and innovative Civil War history, R. Douglas Hurt traces the decline and fall of agriculture in the Confederate States of America, the backbone of the Southern economy, which, alongside military strength, Southerners believed would ensure their independence. In a sweeping study of agricultural production and government policy, Hurt connects the disintegration of Southern agriculture with the region's waning power, while giving voice to the farmers and planters in the eastern and western Confederacy.
Item Description:"This is the last book David Mitchell cataloged in Voyager."
Physical Description:xi, 349 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469620008
1469620006