From Slavery to Agrarian Capitalism in the Cotton Plantation South: Central Georgia, 1800-1880

by Joseph P. Reidy

Overview

Reidy has produced one of the most thoughtful treatments to date of a critical moment in southern history, placing the social transformation of the South in the context of 'the age of capital' and the changes in the markets, ideologies, etc. of the Atlantic world system. Better than anyone perhaps, Reidy has elaborated both the large and small narratives of this development, connecting global forces with the initiatives and reactions of ordinary southerners, black and white.--Thomas C. Holt, University of Chicago

"Joseph Reidy's detailed analysis of social and economic developments in central Georgia during and after slavery will take its place among the standard works on these subjects. Its discussions of the expansion of the cotton kingdom and of the changes after emancipation make it necessary reading for all concerned with southern and African-American history.--Stanley Engerman, University of Rochester

"Successfully places the experience of one region's people into the larger theoretical context of world capitalist development and in the process challenges other scholars to do the same.--Rural Sociology

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807864067
Publisher:	The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date:	11/09/2000
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	376
Lexile:	1550L (what's this?)
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Joseph P. Reidy is professor of history at Howard University. He is coeditor of four volumes in the multivolume project, Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

For its ability to bring to life a cotton plantation region and to relate its story to larger developments in the growth of capitalism, this book is an impressive and significant contribution to southern history.—Southern Cultures



Reidy has produced one of the most thoughtful treatments to date of a critical moment in southern history, placing the social transformation of the South in the context of 'the age of capital' and the changes in the markets, ideologies, etc. of the Atlantic world system. Better than anyone perhaps, Reidy has elaborated both the large and small narratives of this development, connecting global forces with the initiatives and reactions of ordinary southerners, black and white.—Thomas C. Holt, University of Chicago



Joseph Reidy's detailed analysis of social and economic developments in central Georgia during and after slavery will take its place among the standard works on these subjects. Its discussions of the expansion of the cotton kingdom and of the changes after emancipation make it necessary reading for all concerned with southern and African-American history.—Stanley Engerman, University of Rochester



Successfully places the experience of one region's people into the larger theoretical context of world capitalist development and in the process challenges other scholars to do the same.—Rural Sociology



An excellent monograph to use in a U.S. history survey or in a seminar on the American South.—Southern Economic Journal



The most important book among 'new' emancipation studies.—Choice



Sets a splendid example for future studies. . . . Throughout this story, African Americans' struggle to build their own world with the materials available to them shines through clearly. Reidy has told their story simply and well.—Journal of the Early Republic

Editorial Reviews

Reidy (history, Howard U.) examines the origins, growth and demise of slavery, illuminating the interplay between global economic developments and the lives of southerners of disparate classes (planters, slaves, yeomen), and featuring discussion of the role of African Americans as agents of historical change. With maps, 16 b&w photos, appendix, and an exhaustive bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Necessary reading for all concerned with southern and African-American history.

Stanley Engerman, University of Rochester

Reidy has produced one of the most thoughtful treatments to date of a critical moment in southern history.

Thomas C. Holt, University of Chicago

This book is an impressive and significant contribution to southern history.

"Southern Cultures" "An excellent monograph to use in a U.S. history survey or in a seminar on the American South."--###Southern Economic Journal# "Sets a splendid example for future studies. . . . Throughout this story, African Americans' struggle to build their own world with the materials available to them shines through clearly. Reidy has told their story simply and well."--###Journal of the Early Republic#

"Necessary reading for all concerned with southern and African-American history.

Stanley Engerman, University of Rochester"

"Reidy has produced one of the most thoughtful treatments to date of a critical moment in southern history.

Thomas C. Holt, University of Chicago"

"This book is an impressive and significant contribution to southern history.

"Southern Cultures" ""An excellent monograph to use in a U.S. history survey or in a seminar on the American South.""--###Southern Economic Journal# ""Sets a splendid example for future studies. . . . Throughout this story, African Americans' struggle to build their own world with the materials available to them shines through clearly. Reidy has told their story simply and well.""--###Journal of the Early Republic#"

An excellent monograph to use in a U.S. history survey or in a seminar on the American South.

"Southern Economic Journal"

The most important book among 'new' emancipation studies.

Choice"

From the Publisher