Tobacco culture: the mentality of the great tidewater planters on the eve of revolution
Auteur :
Breen, T. H.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691089140
Date de publication :
12 août 2001
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Poids :
312 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The great Tidewater planters of mid-eighteenth-century Virginia were fathers of the American Revolution. This book focuses on how elite planters gave meaning to existence. It examines the value-laden relationships that led from tobacco to politics, and from agrarian experience to political protest.