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River of dark dreams, slavery and empire in the cotton kingdom, Walter Johnson

Label
River of dark dreams, slavery and empire in the cotton kingdom, Walter Johnson
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
platesillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
River of dark dreams
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
809365647
Responsibility statement
Walter Johnson
Sub title
slavery and empire in the cotton kingdom
Summary
Looks at the history of the Mississippi River Valley in the nineteenth century and the economy that developed there, powered by steam engines and slave labor
Table Of Contents
Boom -- Jeffersonian visions and nightmares in Louisiana -- The Panic of 1835 -- The Steamboat Sublime -- Limits to capital -- The runaway's river -- Dominion -- "The empire of the white man's will" -- The carceral landscape -- The Mississippi Valley in the time of cotton -- Capital, cotton, and free trade -- Tales of Mississippian empire -- The material limits of "Manifest Destiny" -- "The grey-eyed man of destiny" -- The ignominious effort to reopen the Atlantic slave trade
Classification
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