Fair to middlin' [electronic resource] : the antebellum cotton trade of the Apalachicola/Chattahoochee River Valley / Lynn Willoughby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willoughby, Lynn, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cotton trade--Florida--Apalachicola--History.

Cotton trade.

Apalachicola (Fla.)--Economic conditions.

Apalachicola (Fla.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Fair to Middlin', Lynn Willoughby describes the livelihood of the regional antebellum economy surrounding the Apalachicola/Chattahoochee River valley and the resulting global impact of this industry. This study focuses on the port of Apalachicola, Florida and the business men who lived the trade, flourishing amongst the poor conditions of transportation, communication, money, and banking. Cotton businessmen located along the waterway and on the coast neatly divided the labour necessary to market the region's major source of income. Early regional economics revolved around and grew from the

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Illustrations and Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1. A Cotton Economy""; ""2. Apalachicola Aweigh""; ""3. Cotton Money""; ""4. Cotton Banks""; ""5. Financing the Cotton Trade""; ""6. Cotton Men""; ""7. The End of an Era""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-192) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8979-2

0-585-21297-X

OCLC:

910069632