Bøger af John Hebron Moore

Traces the evolution of cotton culture in the region bordering the Mississippi River. John Hebron Moore examines the society supported by that industry, emphasising technological changes that transformed cotton plantations.

A germinal case study of the antebellum cotton kingdom as it manifested itself in the Deep South. It presents a survey of the methods, mechanical and genetic technologies, labor management, and economic viability of the Old South's cotton kingdom as it existed in Mississippi.