Stinking Stones and Rocks of Gold: Phosphate, Fertilizer, and Industrialization in Postbellum South Carolina

by Shepherd W. McKinley

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In the first book ever written about the impact of phosphate mining on the South Carolina plantation economy, Shepherd McKinley explains how the convergence of the phosphate and fertilizer industries carried long-term impacts for America and the South.

Fueling the rapid growth of lowcountry fertilizer companies, phosphate mining provided elite plantation owners a way to stem losses from emancipation. At the same time, mining created an autonomous...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0813049245

ISBN13:9780813049243

Release Date:March 2014

Publisher:University Press of Florida

Length:224 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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