The First American Frontier - Transition to Capitalism in Southern Appalachia, 1700-1860 (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

In The First American Frontier , Wilma Dunaway challenges many assumptions about the development of preindustrial Southern Appalachia's society and economy. Drawing on data from 215 counties in nine states from 1700 to 1860, she argues that capitalist exchange and production came to the region much earlier than has been previously thought. Her innovative book is the first regional history of antebellum Southern Appalachia and the first study to apply world-systems theory to the development of the American frontier. Dunaway demonstrates that Europeans established significant trade relations with Native Americans in the southern mountains and thereby incorporated the region into the world economy as early as the seventeenth century. In addition to the much-studied fur trade, she explores various other forces of change, including government policy, absentee speculation in the region's natural resources, the emergence of towns, and the influence of local elites. Contrary to the myth of a homogeneous society composed mainly of subsistence homesteaders, Dunaway finds that many Appalachian landowners generated market surpluses by exploiting a large landless labor force, including slaves. In delineating these complexities of economy and labor in the region, Dunaway provides a perceptive critique of Appalachian exceptionalism and development. |The most comprehensive reference for Carolina bird watchers is now updated to include more than 60 new species recorded in the Carolinas since the publication of the first edition in 1980, bringing the new total to more than 460 individual species. Previous entries have been updated to reflect the current status of species and major changes in taxonomy and the naming of species.

General

Imprint:	The University of North Carolina Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1996
First published:	February 1996
Authors:	Wilma A. Dunaway
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	468
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8078-4540-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > International economics > International trade > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-8078-4540-X
Barcode:	9780807845400

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