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Flush times and fever dreams : a story of capitalism and slavery in the age of Jackson Joshua D. Rothman
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks USouth E 441 .R82 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rothman, Joshua D.
- Series:
- Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--Southern States--History.
- Slavery.
- Theft--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Theft.
- Criminals--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Criminals.
- Vigilance committees--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Vigilance committees.
- Slave rebellions--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Slave rebellions.
- Southern States--History--1775-1865.
- Southern States.
- Southern States--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 391 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2012.
- Contents:
- Inventing Virgil Stewart
- Inventing John Murrell
- Exposing the plot
- Hanging the conspirators
- Purging a city
- Defining a citizen
- Suborning chaos
- Imposing order.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780820333267 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 0820333263 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 792884026
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