Southern Agriculture During the Civil War Era, 1860-1880

by John Otto

Overview

This is the first book to assess the contribution of Southern agriculture to the Confederate war effort, to describe the damage that agriculture sustained during the war, to analyze the transition from slavery to free labor after the war, and to recount the slow and painful process of rebuilding Southern agriculture by 1880. Synthesizing primary and secondary historical sources, Southern Agriculture During the Civil War Era, 1860-1880 fills a crucial gap in our knowledge about the history of the Civil War and Reconstruction period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313267147
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/30/1994
Series:	Contributions in American History , #153
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1250L (what's this?)

About the Author

JOHN SOLOMON OTTO teaches at Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland. Otto is the author of The Southern Frontiers, 1607-1860 (Greenwood, 1989) and Cannon's Point Plantation, 1794-1860 as well as numerous jourbanal articles in Southern Studies.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations Used in Text Citations
The Southern Frontiers and Southern Agriculture (1607-1860)
The Civil War and Southern Agriculture (1860-1865)
Political "Reconstruction" and Southern Agriculture (1865-1870)
Political "Redemption" and Southern Agriculture (1870-1880)
Southern Agriculture and the Southern Frontiers (1860-1880)
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

Filling a temporal gap left by other studies, offers the first book-length study of Agriculture in the US south during the period when the Civil War and Reconstruction transformed labor, marketing, transportation, and agricultural practices more radically than ever before. An introductory chapter reviews the history from colonial times. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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