Pharsalia: an environmental biography of a southern plantation, 1780-1880
Auteur :
Nelson, Lynn A.
Éditeur :
University of Georgia Press
ISBN :
9780820334165
Date de publication :
1 déc. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
567 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Drawing on the Massie family's records, this case study demonstrates how white southern planters paradoxically relied on capitalistic methods even as they pursued an ideal of agrarian independence. Lynn A. Nelson also shows how the contradictions between these ends and means would later manifest themselves in the southern conservation movement.