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Author:

Dattel, Eugene R.

Title:

Cotton and race in the making of America : the human costs of economic power / Gene Dattel.

Publisher:

Ivan R. Dee,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xiv, 416 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Slavery--History.--Southern States--History.
Cotton growing--History.--Southern States--History.
Cotton growing--History.--Southern States--History.
Plantation life--Southern States--History.
African Americans--Southern States--Social conditions.
United States--Race relations.
United States--Economic conditions.
Slavery--Political aspects--United States.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
United States--Politics and government--1865-1933.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Slavery in the making of The Constitution -- The engine of American growth, 1787-1861 -- The north : for whites only, 1800-1865 -- King cotton buys a war -- The racial divide and cotton labor, 1865-1930 -- Cotton without slaves, 1865-1930.

ISBN:

1566637473 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781566637473 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)300462565

LCCN:

2009001342

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

VFPB334 -- Elgin Public Library (Elgin)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)