| A Deplorable Scarcity: The Failure of Industrialization in the Slave Economy Contributor(s): Bateman, Fred (Author), Weiss, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807854468 ISBN-13: 9780807854464 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: In this major reexamination of the southern industrial economy and its failure to progress during the antebellum period, the authors show that slavery and its consequences were not alone in inhibiting industrialization. They argue, rather, that the planters hesitated to invest in high-risk enterprises and worried that industrialization would undermine their authority. Data gathered from census reports permits an economic analysis that was previously not feasible. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 338.097 |
| LCCN: 80-13238 [HC |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.87 lbs) 250 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this major reexamination of the southern industrial economy and its failure to progress during the antebellum period, Fred Bateman and Thomas Weiss show that slavery and its consequences were not alone in inhibiting industrialization. They argue, rather, that the planters hesitated to invest in high-risk enterprises and worried that industrialization would undermine their authority. Underpinning this study is a massive data collection from census reports, which permits an economic analysis that was previously not feasible. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bateman, Fred: - Fred Bateman is professor of economics at the University of Georgia.Weiss, Thomas: - Thomas Weiss is professor of economics at the University of Kansas. |