River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom

by Walter Johnson

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When Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Territory, he envisioned an empire for liberty populated by self-sufficient white farmers. Cleared of Native Americans and the remnants of European empires by Andrew Jackson, the Mississippi Valley was transformed instead into a booming capitalist economy commanded by wealthy planters, powered by steam engines, and dependent on the coerced labor of slaves. "River of Dark Dreams" places the Cotton Kingdom at the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674045556

ISBN13:9780674045552

Release Date:February 2013

Publisher:Belknap Press

Length:560 Pages

Weight:2.16 lbs.

Dimensions:1.6" x 6.5" x 9.3"

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