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- Ante-Bellum Alabama: Town and Country
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- 2014
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
- Series: Library Alabama Classics
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Offers insights into important facets of Alabama’s ante-bellum history
Ante-Bellum Alabama: Town and Country was written to give the reader insight into important facets of Alabama’s ante-bellum history. Presented in the form of case studies from the pre-Civil War period, the book deals with a city, a town, a planter’s family, rural social life, attitudes concerning race, and Alabama’s early agricultural and industrial development.
Ante-bellum Alabama’s primary interest was agriculture; the chief crop was King Cotton; and most of the people were agriculturalists. Towns and cities came into existence to supply the agricultural needs of the state and to process and distribute farm commodities. Similarly, Alabama’s industrial development began with the manufacture of implements for farm use, in response to the state’s agricultural needs. Rural-agriculture influences dominated the American scene; and in this respect Alabama was typical of her region as well as of most of the United States.
Ante-Bellum Alabama: Town and Country was written to give the reader insight into important facets of Alabama’s ante-bellum history. Presented in the form of case studies from the pre-Civil War period, the book deals with a city, a town, a planter’s family, rural social life, attitudes concerning race, and Alabama’s early agricultural and industrial development.
Ante-bellum Alabama’s primary interest was agriculture; the chief crop was King Cotton; and most of the people were agriculturalists. Towns and cities came into existence to supply the agricultural needs of the state and to process and distribute farm commodities. Similarly, Alabama’s industrial development began with the manufacture of implements for farm use, in response to the state’s agricultural needs. Rural-agriculture influences dominated the American scene; and in this respect Alabama was typical of her region as well as of most of the United States.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Introduction
- pp. vii-xvi
- 1. Metropolis by the Sea
- pp. 1-21
- 2. A Black Belt Town
- pp. 22-40
- 3. A Black Belt Planter Family
- pp. 41-61
- 4. A Family Daybook
- pp. 62-83
- 5. Negro "Pecularities"
- pp. 84-105
- 6. The Crusade for Agricultural Reform
- pp. 106-139
- 7. The Industrial Gospel
- pp. 140-160
- Bibliography
- pp. 161-166
Additional Information
ISBN
9780817388676
Related ISBN(s)
9780817303334
MARC Record
OCLC
44963219
Pages
192
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1986