The Southern frontiers, 1607-1860 : the agricultural evolution of the colonial and antebellum South / John Solomon Otto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Otto, John Solomon.

Series:

Contributions in American history 0084-9219 ; no. 133.

Contributions in American history. 0084-9219 ; no. 133

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frontier and pioneer life--Southern States.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Human geography.

Agriculture.

History.

Southern States.

Agriculture--Southern States--History.

Human geography--Southern States.

Southern States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Southern States--History--1775-1865.

Physical Description:

xiii, 177 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Greenwood Press, 1989.

Summary:

Although many specialized studies have dealt with the colonial and antebellum American South, very little attention has been paid to the Southern agricultural frontiers before 1860. This study focuses on agriculture, the primary economic activity and the single most important factor in shaping the South's colonial and antebellum frontiers. After examining the agricultural economy on the Southern seaboard during colonial times, Otto explains the economic and environmental forces that led to the expansion of upland and lowland agriculturalists across the trans-Appalachian South during the antebellum period. Synthesizing sources drawn from history, geography, anthropology, and folklife, Otto has added an important new dimension to our knowledge of the American South. This book is an appropriate resource for courses or studies in Southern and American history, historical geography, folklife, anthropology, and agricultural history.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [141]-168.

ISBN:

0313260923

OCLC:

18779330