Stinking Stones and Rocks of Gold - Phosphate, Fertilizer, and Industrialization in Postbellum South Carolina (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	University Press of Florida
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	New Perspectives on the History of the South
Release date:	October 2017
Authors:	Shepherd W. McKinley
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	246
ISBN-13:	978-0-8130-6461-1
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Primary industries > Agriculture & related industries Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history
LSN:	0-8130-6461-9
Barcode:	9780813064611

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