Title: The first American frontier : transition to capitalism in southern Appalachia, 1700-1860 /
Authors: Dunaway, Wilma A.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Capitalism Appalachian Region History.; Capitalism Southern States History.; Appalachian Region Economic conditions.; Southern States Economic conditions.
Contents: 1. The Transition to Capitalism on American Frontiers: Toward a Paradigm Shift -- 2. Slaves, Skins, and Wampum: Destruction of Southern Appalachia's Precapitalist Mode of Production, 1540-1763 -- 3. Settlers, Speculators, and Squatters: Competition for Appalachian Land Resources, 1790-1860 -- 4. The Poor Man Had No Chance: Formation of a Landless Agrarian Semiproletariat -- 5. Makin' Do or Chasing Profits?: The Agrarian Capitalism of Southern Appalachia -- 6. Diggers of the Country: Industrial Production for Export -- 7. The Spatial Organization of External Trade -- 8. The Pervasive Reach of Global Commodity Chains -- 9. Appalachian Communities and Noneconomic Articulation with the Capitalist World System -- 10. Economic Crisis and Deepening Peripheralization -- Appendix: Essay on Quantitative Methods.