Agriculture and the Confederacy : policy, productivity, and power in the Civil War South / R. Douglas Hurt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurt, R. Douglas, author.

Series:

Civil War America (Series)

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Southern States--History--19th century.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Southern States--History--19th century.

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

History.

Confederate States of America--Economic policy.

Confederate States of America.

Confederate States of America--Politics and government.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States.

Economic policy.

Political science.

Southern States.

United States--Confederate States of America.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 349 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill [North Carolina] : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Southern optimism

Confederate apprehension

Western troubles

Eastern realities

Western losses

Eastern hard times

Western collapse

Last things

Epilogue

Appendix : agricultural prices, 1860.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469620008

1469620006

OCLC:

893452550