Global perspectives on industrial transformation in the American South / edited by Susanna Delfino ; Michele Gillespie.
| Other author | Delfino, Susanna, 1949- |
| Other author | Gillespie, Michele. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2005. |
| Description | x, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | New currents in the history of Southern economy and society New currents in the history of Southern economy and society. ^A605890 |
| Contents | Introduction -- Susanna Delfino and Michele Gillespie -- Southern industrialization: myths and realities / Stanley L. Engerman -- Charleston and the British industrial revolution, 1750-1790 / Emma Hart -- Alternatives to dependence: the lower South's antebellum pursuit of sectional development through global interdependence / Brian Schoen -- Industrialization and economic development in the nineteenth-century U.S. South: some interregional and intercontinental comparative perspectives / Shearer Davis Bowman -- The idea of Southern economic backwardness: a comparative view of the United States and Italy / Susanna Delfino -- Markets and manufacturing: industry and agriculture in the antebellum South and Midwest / John Majewski and Viken Tchakerian -- Southern textiles in global context / David L. Carlton and Peter Coclanis -- Beginnings of the global economy: capital mobility and the 1890s U.S. textile industry / Beth English -- Black workers, white immigrants, and the postemancipation problem of labor: the new South in transnational perspective / Erin Elizabeth Clune. |
| Abstract | "Essays analyzing the economic evolution of the American South from the late colonial period to World War I and beyond. Examines the South in respect to long-held assumptions about industrialization and productivity and draws comparisons to the larger Atlantic and world economy"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Include bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2005008095 |
| ISBN | 0826215831 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HC107.A13 G535 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |