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Stinking stones and rocks of gold : phosphate, fertilizer, and industrialization in Postbellum South Carolina / Shepherd W. McKinley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKinley, Shepherd W.
- Series:
- New perspectives on the history of the South.
- New perspectives on the history of the South
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Phosphate industry--South Carolina--History.
- Phosphate industry.
- Phosphates--South Carolina--History.
- Phosphates.
- Fertilizers--South Carolina.
- Fertilizers.
- Industries--South Carolina--History.
- Industries.
- South Carolina--Economic conditions.
- South Carolina.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- McKinley examines the role of phosphates in the economic, social and industrial changes in the South Carolina plantation economy.
- Contents:
- Antecedents, precedents, and continuities, 1800-1865
- The creation of industry and hope, 1865-1870
- Land miners and hand mining, 1867-1884
- River mining and reconstruction politics, 1869-1874
- Convergence and the fertilizer industry, 1868-1884.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-5006-5
- 0-8130-4869-9
- OCLC:
- 869735733
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