The Plantation

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Cover; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Introduction; 1 The Plantation as a Social Institution; Introduction; The Plantation Defined; The Plantation and Colonization; The Plantation as a Type of Settlement; The Plantation and Labor; The Plantation as a Political Institution; The Theory of the Plantation; The Plantation and Social Change; Virginia as a Typical Plantation Frontier; 2 The Metropolis and the Plantation; The Revolution in Distance; The Trading Factory; His Majesty's Plantations; 3 The Plantation in Virginia; Free Land and Plantation Settlement

Agricultural Specialization: Tobacco4 Plantation Management and Imported Labor in Virginia; The Tide of White Labor; Negro Slavery and Its Control; The Evolution of the Planter; The Humanization of the Plantation; 5 The Plantation and the Frontier; Economic Changes and the Small Farm in Virginia; The Plantation on the New Southern Frontier; 6 The Natural History of the Plantation; Geographical Isolation and Culture; Ecological Changes and Race Relations; Adaptation and Accommodation to a New Habitat; Agricultural Specialization and Racial Stratification; The Organization and Control of Labor

Peasant Proprietorship and Cultural HomogeneityNotes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

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