TY - BOOK AU - Thompson,Edgar Tristram AU - Mintz,Sidney W. AU - Baca,George TI - The Plantation T2 - Southern Classics Series SN - 9781611172171 AV - HD1471.A3 T49 2010 U1 - 307.72 PY - 2010/// CY - Columbia PB - University of South Carolina Press KW - Plantations KW - Plantations--Economic aspects--Southern States KW - Plantations--Economic aspects--Virginia KW - Land tenure--Southern States KW - Land tenure--Virginia KW - Southern States--Economic conditions--19th century KW - Virginia--Economic conditions--19th century KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - As such, this overlooked gem in American intellectual history is still deeply relevant for ongoing research and debate in social, economic, and political history UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=2054765 ER -