The Conquest of Labor: Daniel Pratt and Southern Industrialization - Couverture rigide

Evans, Curtis J.

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ISBN 10 : 0807126950 ISBN 13 : 9780807126950

Editeur : Louisiana State University Press, 2001

Synopsis

The Conquest of Labor is the first biography of Daniel Pratt, a New Hampshire native who became one of the South's most important industrialists. After moving to Alabama in 1833 Pratt started a cotton gin factory near Montgomery that by the eve of the Civil War had become the largest in the world. Pratt and his economic agenda-industrialization, chartering banks, building railroads- proved popular in Alabama. Although historians have portrayed Pratt as politically and culturally isolated and at odds with an agrarian region, Evans demonstrates that Pratt succeeded both in utilizing skilled and unskilled southern white labor in his factories and in fashioning a culturally sophisticated town.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Curtis J. Evans, an Alabama native, lives in Northport, Alabama near Tuscaloosa. He received his B.A. in history at the University of Alabama, his M.A. and Ph.D. in history from LSU, and his J.D. in Law from Vanderbilt University. This is his first book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Louisiana State University Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807126950
• ISBN 13: 9780807126950
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 360
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