The plantation /Edgar Tristram Thompson ; edited with an introduction by Sidney W. Mintz and George Baca.

Thompson, Edgar T. 1900-1989.

The plantation /Edgar Tristram Thompson ; edited with an introduction by Sidney W. Mintz and George Baca. - Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (176 pages). - Southern classics series .

"Published in Cooperation with the Institute for Southern Studies of the University of South Carolina."

Includes bibliographies and index.

The plantation as a social institution -- The metropolis and the plantation -- The plantation in Virginia -- Plantation management and imported labor in Virginia -- The plantation and the frontier -- The natural history of the plantation.

First full publication of Edgar Thompson's 1932 dissertation on the economics of the plantation.



9781611172171




Land tenure--Virginia.
Land tenure--Southern States.
Plantations--Economic aspects--Virginia.
Plantations--Economic aspects--Southern States.
Plantations.


Electronic Books.

HD1471 / .P536 2010