Stinking Stones and Rocks of Gold Phosphate Fertilizer and Industrialization in Postbellum South
by [McKinley, Shepherd W.]
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In the first book ever written about the impact of phosphate mining on the South Carolina plantation economy, Shepherd McKinley explains how the convergence of the phosphate and fertilizer industries carried long-term impacts for America and the South.
Fueling the rapid growth of lowcountry fertilizer companies, phosphate mining provided elite plantation owners a way to stem losses from emancipation. At the same time, mining created an autonomous alternative to sharecropping, enabling freed people to extract housing and labor concessions.
Stinking Stones and Rocks of Gold develops an overarching view of what can be considered one of many key factors in the birth of southern industry. This top-down, bottom-up history (business, labor, social, and economic) analyzes an alternative path for all peoples in the post-emancipation South.
Product Details
- University Press of Flori Brand
- Mar 18, 2014 Pub Date:
- 9780813049243 ISBN-13:
- 0813049245 ISBN-10:
- 224.0 pages Hardcover
- English Language
- 9.1 in * 0.9 in * 6.1 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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