Old South/new South by Gavin Wright
Old South/new South

Gavin Wright

Old South/new South

Gavin Wright

321 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging reflective medium-paced
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An original and economically rigorous analysis of the role of slavery in generating economic "backwardness." Wright traces key reasons for the South's century-long status as a second-class country-within-a-country, and assesses the legacy of slave...

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