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Transition to an industrial South : Athens, Georgia, 1830-1870 / Michael J. Gagnon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gagnon, Michael J., 1957- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrialization--Georgia--Athens--History--19th century.
- Industrialization.
- Cotton textile industry--Georgia--Athens--History--19th century.
- Cotton textile industry.
- Athens (Ga.)--History--19th century.
- Athens (Ga.).
- Athens (Ga.)--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (311 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Renowned New South booster Henry Grady proposed industrialization as a basis of economic recovery for the former Confederacy. Born in 1850 in Athens, Georgia, to a family involved in the city's thriving manufacturing industries, Grady saw firsthand the potential of industrialization for the region. In Transition to an Industrial South, Michael J. Gagnon explores the creation of an industrial network in the antebellum South by focusing on the creation and expansion of cotton textile manufacture in Athens. By 1835, local entrepreneurs had built three cotton factories in Athens, started a bank, a
- Contents:
- Commencing southern industrialization
- The people of industrialization
- The culture of industrialization
- The network of industrialization
- Epilogue to antebellum industrialization.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807145098
- 0807145092
- OCLC:
- 811563604
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