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River of dark dreams : slavery and empire in the cotton kingdom

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Looks at the history of the Mississippi River Valley in the nineteenth century and the economy that developed there, powered by steam engines and slave labor.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Westchester Library System.

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Ossining Public Library 305.8009 J (Text)
Nonfiction
31021152565411
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The Field Library 305.8 J (Text)
Nonfiction
31022151773451
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Record details

  • ISBN: 9780674045552 (alkaline paper)
  • ISBN: 0674045556 (alkaline paper)
  • Physical Description: 526 pages ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.

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Subject: Slavery > Mississippi River Valley > History > 19th century.
Cotton growing > Mississippi River Valley > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Economic aspects > Mississippi River Valley > History > 19th century.
Capitalism > Mississippi River Valley > History > 19th century.
Social change > Mississippi River Valley > History > 19th century.
Mississippi River Valley > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Mississippi River Valley > Commerce > History > 19th century.
United States > Territorial expansion > History > 19th century.
Imperialism > History > 19th century.
Slave trade > History > 19th century.


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