Agrarian elites : American slaveholders and southern Italian landowners, 1815-1861

Agrarian elites : American slaveholders and southern Italian landowners, 1815-1861 / Enrico Dal Lago.

Author/creator	Dal Lago, Enrico, 1966-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2005.
Description	xviii, 372 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Slaveholders--Southern States --History --19th century. Elite (Social sciences)--Southern States --History --19th century. Agriculture--Economic aspects --Southern States --History --19th century. Landowners--Italy, Southern --History --19th century. Elite (Social sciences)--Italy, Southern --History --19th century. Agriculture--Economic aspects --Italy, Southern --History --19th century. Southern States--History --1775-1865. Southern States--Economic conditions --19th century. Italy, Southern--Economic conditions --19th century.

Contents	Prologue : the America South, the Italian mezzogiorno, and comparative history -- Plantations, latifondi, and commercial agriculture : the economic bases of social power -- The constituent elements of the elites' worldviews : patriarchalism and paternalism -- Elites, politics, and national programs in the American South and in the Italian mezzogiorno -- The ideological bases of secession and separatism : regionalism in South Carolina and Sicily -- Epilogue : making and unmaking the Confederate States of America and the Kingdom of Italy.
Local note	Little-347644--305131054027V
Local note	Little-347644--305131054027V
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2005000872
ISBN	0807130877 (alk. paper)
ISBN	9780807130872 (alk. paper)

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Joyner	General Stacks	E441 .D17 2005	✔ Available	Place Hold