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Plantation kingdom: the American South and its global commodities
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posted on 2023-06-08, 22:38 authored by Richard Follett, Sven Beckert, Peter Coclanis, Barbara HahnPlantation Kingdom traces the rise and fall of America’s plantation economy. Written by four renowned historians, the book demonstrates how an international capitalist system rose out of slave labor, indentured servitude, and the mass production of agricultural commodities for world markets. Vast estates continued to exist after emancipation, but tenancy and sharecropping replaced slavery’s work gangs across most of the plantation world. Poverty and forced labor haunted the region well into the twentieth century. The book explores the importance of slavery to the Old South, the astounding profitability of plantation agriculture, and the legacy of emancipation. It also examines the place of American producers in world markets and considers the impact of globalization and international competition 150 years ago. Written for scholars and students alike, Plantation Kingdom is an accessible and fascinating study.
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- Published
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Johns Hopkins University PressPages
176.0Place of publication
BaltimoreISBN
9781421419398Series
Marcus Cunliffe lecture seriesDepartment affiliated with
- American Studies Publications
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2015-09-30Usage metrics
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