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Unredeemed land : an environmental history of Civil War and emancipation in the cotton South / Erin Stewart Mauldin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mauldin, Erin Stewart, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cotton trade--Environmental aspects--Southern States.
- Cotton trade.
- Agriculture--Environmental aspects--Southern States.
- Agriculture.
- Southern States--Environmental conditions--19th century.
- Southern States.
- Southern States--Economic conditions--19th century.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Environmental aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- An important reconsideration of the Civil War's role in southern history, 'Unredeemed Land' examines the ways that military conflict and emancipation reconfigured the landscape of the rural South, and uncovers the environmental constraints that shaped the rural South's transition to capitalism during the late nineteenth century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-086519-9
- 0-19-086520-2
- 0-19-086518-0
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