Thompson, Edgar Tristram.

The Plantation. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (173 pages) - Southern Classics Series . - Southern Classics Series .

Cover -- Contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Plantation as a Social Institution -- Introduction -- The Plantation Defined -- The Plantation and Colonization -- The Plantation as a Type of Settlement -- The Plantation and Labor -- The Plantation as a Political Institution -- The Theory of the Plantation -- The Plantation and Social Change -- Virginia as a Typical Plantation Frontier -- 2 The Metropolis and the Plantation -- The Revolution in Distance -- The Trading Factory -- His Majesty's Plantations -- 3 The Plantation in Virginia -- Free Land and Plantation Settlement -- Agricultural Specialization: Tobacco -- 4 Plantation Management and Imported Labor in Virginia -- The Tide of White Labor -- Negro Slavery and Its Control -- The Evolution of the Planter -- The Humanization of the Plantation -- 5 The Plantation and the Frontier -- Economic Changes and the Small Farm in Virginia -- The Plantation on the New Southern Frontier -- 6 The Natural History of the Plantation -- Geographical Isolation and Culture -- Ecological Changes and Race Relations -- Adaptation and Accommodation to a New Habitat -- Agricultural Specialization and Racial Stratification -- The Organization and Control of Labor -- Peasant Proprietorship and Cultural Homogeneity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

As such, this overlooked gem in American intellectual history is still deeply relevant for ongoing research and debate in social, economic, and political history.

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Plantations.
Plantations--Economic aspects--Southern States.
Plantations--Economic aspects--Virginia.
Land tenure--Southern States.
Land tenure--Virginia.
Southern States--Economic conditions--19th century.
Virginia--Economic conditions--19th century.


Electronic books.

HD1471.A3 T49 2010

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