The British Gentry, the Southern Planter, and the Northern Family Farmer: Agriculture and Sectional Antagonism in North America

by James L. Huston

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Drawing on the history of the British gentry to explain the contrasting sentiments of American small farmers and plantation owners, James L. Huston's expansive analysis offers a new understanding of the socioeconomic factors that fueled sectionalism and ignited the American Civil War. This groundbreaking study of agriculture's role in the war defies long-held notions that northern industrialization and urbanization led to clashes between North and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0807159182

ISBN13:9780807159187

Release Date:May 2015

Publisher:LSU Press

Length:376 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"

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History Social Science Social Sciences

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