One South or Many? Plantation Belt and Upcountry in Civil War-Era Tennessee |
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| Author:
| McKenzie, Robert Tracy |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-57240-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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This book is a state-wide study of Tennessee's agricultural population between 1850 and 1880. The author argues that recent scholarship both oversimplifies distinctions between Black Belt and Upcountry and exaggerates the socioeconomic heterogeneity of the South as a whole.
This book is a state-wide study of Tennessee's agricultural population between 1850 and 1880. The author argues that recent scholarship both oversimplifies distinctions between Black Belt and Upcountry and exaggerates the socioeconomic heterogeneity of the South as a whole.