The Roots of Southern Distinctiveness: Tobacco and Society in Danville, Virginia, 1780-1865
Description
Using Danville, Virginia, which was dominated by planter-entrepreneurs and tobacco, as an example, Siegel refutes traditional arguments that the South's retarded development was caused by the Civil War. Comparing Danville and it surrounding county with a similar county in Virginia, a successful wheat and dairy county, he demonstrates that the Danville region's monocultures, products of the South's peculiar climate and soils, were responsible for its economic underdevelopment.Originally published in 1987.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the lates...
ISBN(s)
0807817279, 9780807817278
