Lowcountry time and tide : the fall of the South Carolina rice kingdom / James H. Tuten.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tuten, James H.
Language:English
Published: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, [2010], ©2010.
Subjects:
Rice trade > South Carolina > History > 19th century.
Rice > South Carolina > History > 19th century.
Plantations > South Carolina > History > 19th century.
South Carolina > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Rice trade > South Carolina > History > 20th century.
Rice > South Carolina > History > 20th century.
Plantations > South Carolina > History > 20th century.
South Carolina > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Physical Description:xii, 178 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Chronological view of rice culture. A brief history of rice culture to the 1870s ; The planter imperative, 1872-1893 ; The collapse of the rice culture, 1893-1929
  • Themes in postbellum rice culture. Changes in agricultural practice ; Rice as symbol and foodway
  • Epilogue: The legacies of Lowcountry rice culture.