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The plantation / Edgar Tristram Thompson ; edited with an introduction by Sidney W. Mintz and George Baca.

Author/creator Thompson, Edgar T. (Edgar Tristram), 1900-1989
Other author/creatorMintz, Sidney W. (Sidney Wilfred), 1922-2015
Other author/creatorBaca, George.
Other author/creatorUniversity of South Carolina. Institute for Southern Studies.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoColumbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxx, 150 pages : map ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Plantations.
Plantations--Economic aspects --Southern States.
Plantations--Economic aspects --Virginia.
Land tenure--Southern States.
Land tenure--Virginia.
Southern States--Economic conditions --19th century.
Virginia--Economic conditions --19th century.
Series Southern classics series
Southern classics series. ^A559256
Contents The plantation as a social institution -- The metropolis and the plantation -- The plantation in Virginia -- Plantation management and imported labor in Virginia -- The plantation and the frontier -- The natural history of the plantation.
Abstract First full publication of Edgar Thompson's 1932 dissertation on the economics of the plantation.
General note"Published in Cooperation with the Institute for Southern Studies of the University of South Carolina."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010017287
ISBN9781570039409 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1570039402 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781570039416 (pbk : alk. paper)
ISBN1570039410 (pbk : alk. paper)

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