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Plantation Kingdom: The American South and Its Global Commodities (The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series)
Plantation Kingdom The American South and Its Global Commodities - The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series
Author: Richard Follett, Sven Beckert, Peter Coclanis, Barbara M. Hahn
In 1850, America?s plantation economy reigned supreme. U.S. cotton dominated world markets, and American rice, sugarcane, and tobacco grew throughout a vast farming empire that stretched from Maryland to Texas. Four million enslaved African Americans toiled the fields, producing global commodities that enriched the most powerful class of slaveho...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781421419404
ISBN-10: 1421419408
Publication Date: 3/24/2016
Pages: 176
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Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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