Life and labor in the old South
by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips
Category: Slavery

Original in both material and method of approach, this classic work deals with the social and economic history of the South up to 1861. Immigration, the influence of climate and soil, of religion, of race, of the rise of cotton as a staple, of transportation, of the opening the Southwest, and other elements are traced in a style that is clear, vigorous and engaging. --back cover.