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.