Cotton and conquest: how the plantation system acquired texas
Auteur :
Kennedy, Roger G.
Éditeur :
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN :
9780806143460
Date de publication :
26 juin 2013
Dimensions :
23,6 x 15,4 x 3,0 cm
Poids :
680 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This sweeping work of history explains the westward spread of cotton agriculture and slave labour across the South and into Texas during the decades before the Civil War. In arguing that the US acquisition of Texas originated with planters' need for new lands to devote to cotton cultivation, Roger Kennedy takes a long view.