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Southern Scoundrels

Grifters and Graft in the Nineteenth Century

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Jeff Forret

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Seitenzahl: 258 Seiten
Lesezeit: 10 Stunden

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Focusing on the underexplored aspects of capitalism in the South, the book delves into the lives of unscrupulous figures such as peddlers, preachers, and war profiteers who shaped the regional economy. Through engaging narrative storytelling, it covers the nineteenth-century South, including the antebellum period, Civil War, and Reconstruction, while examining diverse geographic areas like the Chesapeake and Texas. The essays provide social histories that reveal how these dubious characters influenced the capitalist transformation of the South, offering fresh insights into its economic history.

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Southern Scoundrels, Jeff Forret

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Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
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Titel: Southern Scoundrels
Untertitel: Grifters and Graft in the Nineteenth Century
Sprache: Englisch
Autor*innen: Jeff Forret
Verlag: Louisiana State University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Einband: Hardcover
Seitenzahl: 258
ISBN13: 9780807172193
Schlagwörter: Geschichte, Weltgeschichte, Karten & Reisen
Beschreibung: Focusing on the underexplored aspects of capitalism in the South, the book delves into the lives of unscrupulous figures such as peddlers, preachers, and war profiteers who shaped the regional economy. Through engaging narrative storytelling, it covers the nineteenth-century South, including the antebellum period, Civil War, and Reconstruction, while examining diverse geographic areas like the Chesapeake and Texas. The essays provide social histories that reveal how these dubious characters influenced the capitalist transformation of the South, offering fresh insights into its economic history.