Planting a capitalist South masters, merchants, and manufacturers in the southern interior, 1790-1860 / [electronic resource] :
Tom Downey.
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2006.
- xiii, 262 p. : map.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of South Carolina.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-252) and index.
The agrarian landscape -- Publici juris : economic development and entrepreneurship in the post-revolutionary era -- "An inducement to capitalists" : the rise of the merchant class -- "The great avenue of intercourse and common channel of commerce" : the railroad -- "A change in our industrial pursuits" : Vaucluse and Graniteville -- The elevation of commerce : the merchant's ascent and the divergence of town and country -- From intrastate to interstate : the railroad and the demise of publici juris -- "A domineering influence": Graniteville and the triumph of men of capital.
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