The plantation /
Edgar Tristram Thompson ; edited with an introduction by Sidney W. Mintz and George Baca.
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 2010.
- xx, 150 p. : 1 map ; 23 cm.
- Southern classics series .
- Southern classics series. .
"Published in Cooperation with the Institute for Southern Studies of the University of South Carolina."
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Plantations. Plantations--Economic aspects--Southern States. Plantations--Economic aspects--Virginia. Land tenure--Southern States. Land tenure--Virginia.