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Planters and the Making of a New South - by Dwight B Billings (Paperback)

Name: Planters and the Making of a New South - by Dwight B Billings (Paperback)
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Billings disputes the assumption that an incipient merchant class built the state's cotton mills; he reveals that a majority of the early mills was owned by prominent planters and agrarians.
Author(s): Dwight B Billings
297 Pages
Business + Money Management, Economic Conditions

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Planters and the Making of a "New South": Class, Politics, and Development in North Carolina, 1865-1900

Book Synopsis

Billings disputes the assumption that an incipient merchant class built the state's cotton mills; he reveals that a majority of the early mills was owned by prominent planters and agrarians. He shows the persistent hegemony and support for industrialization among the landed upper class and describes several generations of five powerful North Carolina families who spread plantation paternalism to the mill-village system. Billings compares this with similar cases in Germany and Japan.

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .68 Inches (D)

Weight: .99 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 297

Genre: Business + Money Management

Sub-Genre: Economic Conditions

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Dwight B Billings

Language: English

Street Date: January 15, 2011

TCIN: 1004618108

UPC: 9780807896198

Item Number (DPCI): 247-44-1036

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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