Between Slavery and Capitalism : : The Legacy of Emancipation in the American South /

Between Slavery and Capitalism : : The Legacy of Emancipation in the American South / / Martin Ruef.

At the center of the upheavals brought by emancipation in the American South was the economic and social transition from slavery to modern capitalism. In Between Slavery and Capitalism, Martin Ruef examines how this institutional change affected individuals, organizations, and communities in the lat...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Ruef, Martin,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.) :; 30 line illus. 27 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Institutional Transformation and Uncertainty
  • 2. Constructing a Free Labor Market
  • 3. Status Attainment among Emancipated Slaves
  • 4. Class Structure in the Old and New South
  • 5. The Demise of the Plantation
  • 6. Credit and Trade in the New South
  • 7. Credit and Trade in the New South
  • 8. Emancipation in Comparative Perspective
  • Appendix A. Data Sources and Sampling
  • Appendix B. Idiosyncrasy
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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