Southern Scoundrels: Grifters and Graft in the Nineteenth Century - Hardcover
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Southern Scoundrels: Grifters and Graft in the Nineteenth Century
The history of capitalist development in the United States is long, uneven, and overwhelmingly focused on the North. Macroeconomic studies of the South have primarily emphasized the role of the cotton economy in global trading networks. Until now, few in-depth scholarly works have attempted to explain how capitalism in the South took root and functioned in all of its diverse--and...
Jeff Forret is professor of history and Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow at Lamar University. His books include Williams' Gang: A Notorious Slave Trader and His Cargo of Black Convicts and Slave against Slave: Plantation Violence in the Old South, winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize.
Bruce E. Baker is reader in American history at Newcastle University. He has published widely on...Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.