Plantation Kingdom: The American South and Its Global Commodities by Richard Follett, Peter Coclanis, Sven Beckert

Plantation Kingdom: The American South and Its Global Commodities

Marcus Cunliffe Lecture

Richard Follett, Peter Coclanis, Sven Beckert

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nonfiction business economics history
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In 1850, America's plantation economy reigned supreme. U.S. cotton dominated world markets, and American rice, sugarcane, and tobacco grew throughout a vast farming empire that stretched from Maryland to Texas. Four million enslaved African Americ...

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