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The plantation / Edgar Tristram Thompson ; edited with an introduction by Sidney W. Mintz and George Baca.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, Edgar T. (Edgar Tristram), 1900-1989.
- Series:
- Southern classics series.
- Southern classics series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plantations.
- Plantations--Economic aspects--Southern States.
- Plantations--Economic aspects--Virginia.
- Land tenure--Southern States.
- Land tenure.
- Land tenure--Virginia.
- Southern States--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Southern States.
- Virginia--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Virginia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (173 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, SC : University of South Carolina Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- First full publication of Edgar Thompson's 1932 dissertation on the economics of the plantation.
- Contents:
- The plantation as a social institution
- The metropolis and the plantation
- The plantation in Virginia
- Plantation management and imported labor in Virginia
- The plantation and the frontier
- The natural history of the plantation.
- Notes:
- "Published in Cooperation with the Institute for Southern Studies of the University of South Carolina."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283855358
- 1283855356
- 9781611172171
- 1611172179
- OCLC:
- 821216889
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