Creating an Old South : Middle Florida's plantation frontier before the Civil War / Edward E. Baptist.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baptist, Edward E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plantation life--Florida--History--19th century.

Plantation life.

White people--Florida--Social conditions--19th century.

White people.

Plantation owners--Florida--History--19th century.

Plantation owners.

African Americans--Florida--Social conditions--19th century.

African Americans.

Social classes--Florida--History--19th century.

Social classes.

Frontier and pioneer life--Florida.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Land settlement--Social aspects--Florida--History--19th century.

Land settlement.

Migration, Internal--United States--History--19th century.

Migration, Internal.

Florida--History--1821-1865.

Florida.

Florida--Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Set on the antebellum southern frontier, this volume uses the history of two counties in Florida's panhandle to tell the story of the migrations, disruptions and settlements that made the plantation South. It explores the myth of an "Old", changeless South which only papered over the struggles.

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Introduction: Origins and Outcomes; 1. The Peculiar Benefits of Florida; 2. Countrymen; 3. Forced Migration; 4. Hot-Blooded Fellows and the Flush Times of Middle Florida; 5. Jack in the New Ground; 6. Decline and Fall of the Rag Empire; 7. White Men Are Very Uncertain; 8. Creating an Old South; 9. Remaking History; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-377) and index.

ISBN:

9798890872524

9780807860038

0807860034

OCLC:

476236350