Old South, New South - Revolutions in the Southern Economy since the Civil War (Paperback, Louisiana pbk. ed)

In this provocative and intricate analysis of the postbellum southern economy, Gavin Wright finds in the South's peculiar labor market the answer to the perennial question of why the region remained backward for so long. After the Civil War, Wright explains, the South continued to be a low-wage regional market embedded in a high-wage national economy. He vividly details the origins, workings, and ultimate demise of that distinct system. The post-World War II southern economy, which created today's Sunbelt, Wright shows, is not the result of the evolution of the old system, but the product of a revolution brought on by the New Deal and World War II that shattered the South's stagnant structure and created a genuinely new, thriving order.

General

Imprint:	Louisiana State University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1997
First published:	1997
Authors:	Gavin Wright
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
Edition:	Louisiana pbk. ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8071-2098-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > 1800 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Civil war Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > American history > 1800 to 1900 Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-8071-2098-7
Barcode:	9780807120989

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