The Merchants' Capital: New Orleans and the Political Economy of the Nineteenth-Century South

by Scott P. Marler

Book Overview

As cotton production shifted toward the southwestern states during the first half of the nineteenth century, New Orleans became increasingly important to the South's plantation economy. Handling the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107557542
• ISBN13: 9781107557543
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"