{"product_id":"money-trade-and-power-jack-p-greene-9781570033742","title":"Money, Trade, and Power: The Evolution of Colonial South Carolina's Plantation Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the economic and cultural development of England's most British colony\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReflecting the burgeoning interest of colonial historians in South Carolina and its role as the economic and cultural center of the Lower South, \u003ci\u003eMoney, Trade, and Power\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive exploration of the colony's slave system, economy, and complex social and cultural life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first six chapters of this essay collection focus on the formative decades of South Carolina's history, from 1670 through the 1730s. Contributors Meaghan N. Duff, Bertrand Van Ruymbeke, and Gary L. Hewitt explore the colony's early settlement. R. C. Nash, Stephen G. Hardy, and Eirlys M. Barker investigate the rapidly expanding economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurning to the colony's reliance on slave labor, William L. Ramsay analyzes the institution and abandonment of Indian slavery; Jennifer Lyle Morgan examines the reproductive capabilities of slave women; and S. Max Edelson looks at the distinctive social position of skilled slaves. Robert Olwell considers how South Carolina public officials adapted the office of justice of the peace to the needs of a slave society, while Matthew Mulcahy shows how calamities of fires and hurricanes exacerbated the problem of slave control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, Edward Pearson describes the ways in which South Carolina's emerging elite asserted their new status; G. Winston Lane and Elizabeth M. Pruden review the surprising economic independence of women; and Thomas Little examines the colony's religious life and spread of evangelicalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack P. Greene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570033749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570033742\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 10\/31\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.30w x 1.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2002 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2002 pg. 540","brand":"Jack P. Greene","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939689267455,"sku":"9781570033742","price":51.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_fafc96ce-b334-4177-82c7-86da26b520d3.jpg?v=1681442939","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/money-trade-and-power-jack-p-greene-9781570033742","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}