{"product_id":"modernizing-a-slave-economy-john-majewski-9781469614915","title":"Modernizing a Slave Economy: The Economic Vision of the Confederate Nation","description":"What would separate Union and Confederate countries look like if the South had won the Civil War? In fact, this was something that southern secessionists actively debated. Imagining themselves as nation builders, they understood the importance of a plan for the economic structure of the Confederacy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe traditional view assumes that Confederate slave-based agrarianism went hand in hand with a natural hostility toward industry and commerce. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, John Majewski's analysis finds that secessionists strongly believed in industrial development and state-led modernization. They blamed the South's lack of development on Union policies of discriminatory taxes on southern commerce and unfair subsidies for northern industry. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMajewski argues that Confederates' opposition to a strong central government was politically tied to their struggle against northern legislative dominance. Once the Confederacy was formed, those who had advocated states' rights in the national legislature in order to defend against northern political dominance quickly came to support centralized power and a strong executive for war making and nation building. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Majewski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 146961491X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469614915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"John Majewski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992047714559,"sku":"9781469614915","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c89b7515-fffe-4d4a-a5f9-bcdc9ad7f8e0.jpg?v=1683313747","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/modernizing-a-slave-economy-john-majewski-9781469614915","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}