Author: William James IkermanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cotton growing
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The Role of the Steamboat in the Development of the Cotton Kingdom in Alabama, 1819-1860
Author: William James IkermanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cotton growing
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The Role of the Steamboat in the Development of the Cotton Kingdom in Alabama, 1819-1863
Author: William James IkermanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom
Author: Robert H. GudmestadPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807138428
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
The arrival of the first steamboat, The New Orleans, in early 1812 touched off an economic revolution in the South. In states west of the Appalachian Mountains, the operation of steamboats quickly grew into a booming business that would lead to new cultural practices and a stronger sectional identity. In Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom, Robert Gudmestad examines the wide-ranging influence of steamboats on the southern economy. From carrying cash crops to market to contributing to slave productivity, increasing the flexibility of labor, and connecting southerners to overlapping orbits of regional, national, and international markets, steamboats not only benefited slaveholders and northern industries but also affected cotton production. This technology literally put people into motion, and travelers developed an array of unique cultural practices, from gambling to boat races. Gudmestad also asserts that the intersection of these riverboats and the environment reveals much about sectional identity in antebellum America. As federal funds backed railroad construction instead of efforts to clear waterways for steamboats, southerners looked to coordinate their own economic development, free of national interests. Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom offers new insights into the remarkable and significant history of transportation and commerce in the prewar South.
The Cotton Kingdom in Alabama
Author: Charles Shepard DavisPublisher: Philadelphia : Porcupine Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The History of Industrialization in Alabama
Author: Lynda W. BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Planning for the Past
Author: Bonnie L. GumsPublisher: University of South Alabama Center for Archaeological Studie
ISBN:
Category : Archaeological surveying
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Abstracts of Theses and Dissertations
Author: Auburn University. Graduate SchoolPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
The History of Alabama Transportation
Author: Don DoddPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Politics and Power in a Slave Society
Author: J. Mills ThorntonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 1336
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