Ante-bellum Alabama : town and country / Weymouth T. Jordan ; with an introduction by Kenneth R. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jordan, Weymouth T., Jr., 1938- author.

Series:

Library of Alabama classics.

Library of Alabama classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alabama--History--1819-1950.

Alabama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, [1987]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ante-Bellum Alabama: Town and Country was written to give the reader insight into importaant facers of Alabama's ante-bellum history. Presented in the form of case studies from the pre-Civil War period, the book deals with a city, a town, a planter's family, rural social life, attitudes concerning race, and Alabama's early agricultural and industrial development. Ante-bellum Alabama's primary interest was agriculture; the chief crop was King Cotton; and most of the people were agriculturalists. Towns and cities came into existence to supply the agricultural needs of the state and to proces

Contents:

Contents; Introduction by Kenneth R. Johnson; Preface; 1. Metropolis by the Sea; 2. A Black Belt Town; 3. A Black Belt Planter Family; 4. A Family Daybook; 5. Negro ""Pecularities""; 6. The Crusade for Agricultural Reform; 7. The Industrial Gospel; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Tallahassee, Fla. : Florida State University, c1957.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [161]-165.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8867-2

0-585-09802-6

OCLC:

44963219