Planting a capitalist South masters, merchants, and manufacturers in the southern interior, 1790-1860 /

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Main Author: Downey, Tom, 1965-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • The agrarian landscape
  • Publici juris : economic development and entrepreneurship in the post-revolutionary era
  • "An inducement to capitalists" : the rise of the merchant class
  • "The great avenue of intercourse and common channel of commerce" : the railroad
  • "A change in our industrial pursuits" : Vaucluse and Graniteville
  • The elevation of commerce : the merchant's ascent and the divergence of town and country
  • From intrastate to interstate : the railroad and the demise of publici juris
  • "A domineering influence": Graniteville and the triumph of men of capital.