Agriculture in ante-bellum Mississippi
By: John Hebron Moore ; new introduction by Douglas Helms.
Contributors: University of South Carolina. Institute for Southern Studies.
Series: Southern classics series
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Columbia, S.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781570038778
Subjects: Agriculture -- Mississippi -- History -- 18th century; Agriculture -- Mississippi -- History -- 19th century; Agricultural innovations -- Mississippi -- History -- 18th century; Agricultural innovations -- Mississippi -- History -- 19th century; Cotton growing -- Mississippi -- History -- 18th century; Cotton growing -- Mississippi -- History -- 19th century; Mississippi -- Economic conditions -- 18th century; Mississippi -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
Notes: "Published in cooperation with the Institute for Southern Studies of the University of South Carolina."

Originally published: New York : Bookman Associates, 1958.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mississippi's search for a staple crop; title: Evolution of Petit Gulf cotton; title: The formative period of agriculture; title: The 1837-1849 Depression and the agricultural reform movement; title: Livestock and livestock breeding; title: Corn, the principal food crop; title: Minor food crops; title: Mississippi cotton breeders; title: Cotton production during the Depression; title: Prosperity, technological progress, and Secession