The tobacco-plantation south in the early American Atlantic world
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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137116567 |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230111899, 2012. |
Carrier Form: | 274 p. |
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9780230111899 9781137116567 : 1137116560 : |
CLC: | K712.4 |
Contents: | Introduction: A "chosen people": Thomas Jefferson and the Yeoman Myth Prologue: "The Interest of the County": Prince George's County Levy Court and Local Politics, Economy, and Society "To live splendidly": The Planters "I Don't Stand to the Will": Yeomen Farmers and Smallholders "To have liberty": Tenant Farmers and Artisans "The torment with the servants": Wage Workers, Servants, and Slaves "Objects of Distress": The Poor and the Destitute A Statistical Analysis: Wealth Distribution and Mobility in Prince George's County, Maryland, 1800-1820. |