Thompson, Edgar T. 1900-1989.

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.

9781570039409 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781570039416 (pbk : alk. paper)

2010017287


Plantations.
Plantations--Economic aspects--Southern States.
Plantations--Economic aspects--Virginia.
Land tenure--Southern States.
Land tenure--Virginia.


Southern States--Economic conditions--19th century.
Virginia--Economic conditions--19th century.

HD1471.A3 / T49 2010

307.72

HD1471.A3 / T46 2010