Sloss Furnaces and the Rise of the Birmingham District An Industrial Epic
| Author/creator | Lewis, W. David Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor] |
| Description | 672 p. 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Series | History of American Science and Technology Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation "Sloss Furnaces and the Rise of the Birmingham District contradicts earlier interpretations of southern industrialization by showing that Birmingham, which became a leading symbol of the New South, was in fact deeply rooted in the antebellum plantation system and its "peculiar institution," slavery. As Lewis demonstrates, southern businessmen pursued their own indigenous model of economic growth and were selective in how they imported capital, machinery, and technical expertise from outside the region. The racial crises that erupted in Birmingham during the 1960s can be traced, in part, to labor-intensive developmental strategies that were present from the birth of a city that might have become a bastion of industrial slavery if the South had won the Civil War."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 93048178 |
| ISBN | 9780817307080 |
| ISBN | 0817307087 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780817307080 |
| Stock number | 00027072 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |