TY - BOOK AU - Jordan,Weymouth T. TI - Ante-bellum Alabama: town and country T2 - Library of Alabama classics SN - 0585098026 AV - F326 .J66 1987eb U1 - 976 19 PY - 1987///], �1957 CY - University, Ala. PB - University of Alabama Press KW - HISTORY KW - State & Local KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books KW - Alabama -- History KW - Alabama KW - Regions & Countries - Americas KW - hilcc KW - History & Archaeology KW - United States Local History KW - Alabama -- History -- 1819-1950 KW - History KW - 1819-1950 KW - fast KW - gtt N1 - Reprint. Originally published: Tallahassee, Fla. : Florida State University, �1957; Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165); Introduction by Kenneth R. Johnson; Preface; 1. Metropolis by the Sea; 2. A Black Belt Town; 3. A Black Belt Planter Family; 4. A Family Daybook; 5. Negro ""Pecularities""; 6. The Crusade for Agricultural Reform; 7. The Industrial Gospel; Bibliography; Index; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - Ante-Bellum Alabama: Town and Country was written to give the reader insight into importaant facers of Alabama's ante-bellum history. Presented in the form of case studies from the pre-Civil War period, the book deals with a city, a town, a planter's family, rural social life, attitudes concerning race, and Alabama's early agricultural and industrial development. Ante-bellum Alabama's primary interest was agriculture; the chief crop was King Cotton; and most of the people were agriculturalists. Towns and cities came into existence to supply the agricultural needs of the state and to proces UR - https://libproxy.firstcity.edu.my:8443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=21055 ER -