Builders of a New South: Merchants, Capital, and the Remaking of Natchez, 1865–1914

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments [ vii ] introduction A New Merchant System [ 3 ] chapter 1 Old Ways and New Realities [ 11 ] chapter 2 Merchant Communities [ 40 ] chapter 3 Crop Liens, Freedmen, and Planters [ 71 ] chapter 4 A New Kind of Planter [ 112 ] chapter 5 Merchant Life and Social Capital [ 142 ] chapter 6 A Dangerous Business [ 180 ] Summary and Conclusion [ 214 ] Notes [ 221 ] Selected Bibliography [ 257 ] Index [ 271 ] This page intentionally left blank ...