River of dark dreams : slavery and empire in the cotton kingdom / Walter Johnson.
River of dark dreams : slavery and empire in the cotton kingdom / Walter Johnson.
River of dark dreams : slavery and empire in the cotton kingdom / Walter Johnson.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.
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G 2013/3871
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Language
English
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Physical content
526 pages ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Boom -- Jeffersonian visions and nightmares in Louisiana -- The Panic of 1835 -- The steamboat sublime -- Limits to capital -- The runaway's river -- Dominion -- "The empire of the white man's will" -- The carceral landscape -- The Mississippi Valley in the time of cotton -- Capital, c...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2013.
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Summary
This work looks at the history of the Mississippi River Valley in the nineteenth century and the economy that developed there, powered by steam engines and slave labor. When Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Territory, he envisioned an "empire for liberty" populated by self-sufficient white farmers. Cleared of Native Americans and the remnants of E...
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River of dark dreams : slavery and empire in the cotton kingdom / Walter Johnson.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-508) and index.
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G 2013/3871
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74VKqzDyyWpb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqzDyyWpb
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ISBN
0674045556 (alkaline paper)
9780674045552 (alkaline paper)
DDC
305.800977
MMS ID
991020246359702626
