{"product_id":"agriculture-in-ante-bellum-mississippi-john-hammond-moore-9781570038778","title":"Agriculture in Ante-Bellum Mississippi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA germinal case study of the antebellum cotton kingdom as it manifested itself in the Deep South\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1958, John Hebron Moore's Agriculture in \u003ci\u003eAnte-Bellum Mississippi \u003c\/i\u003epresents a clear survey of the methods, mechanical and genetic technologies, labor management, and economic viability of the Old South's cotton kingdom as it existed in Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoore's objective study is arranged along chronological and topical lines and assesses the agricultural history of the whole state to the eve of the Civil War without romanticism. Moore offers an insightful history of Mississippi's transition from the soil-exhausting frontier agriculture of the early Natchez era to the largely self-sufficient, scientifically based, and highly profitable upland cotton farming that followed in the 1850s and 1860s. The work is distinguished in its thorough discussion of the development of cotton culture in the Natchez District as independent from the efforts of cotton planters along the Atlantic Coast, its exploration of antebellum cotton breeding techniques, and its analysis of the role of the 1837-49 economic depression as the impetus for agricultural renaissance that made cotton Mississippi's most profitable crop in the 1850s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Southern Classics edition includes a new introduction by agricultural historian Douglas Helms that places the book within the historical context of its original publication and discusses how its influence has become interwoven in current scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Hammond Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570038775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570038778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2010 pg. 125","brand":"John Hammond Moore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985163026687,"sku":"9781570038778","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa0afa3e-17c1-420d-b2a3-ebfbcdb64b4b.jpg?v=1683275922","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/agriculture-in-ante-bellum-mississippi-john-hammond-moore-9781570038778","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}