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OverviewThe Conquest of Labor offers the first biography of Daniel Pratt (1799-1873), a New Hampshire native who became one of the South's most important industrialists. After moving to Alabama in 1833, Pratt started a cotton gin factory near Montgomery that by the eve of the Civil War had become the largest in the world. Pratt became a household name in cotton-growing states, and Prattville-the site of his operations-one of the antebellum South's most celebrated manufacturing towns. Based on a rich cache of personal and business records, Curtis J. Evans's study of Daniel Pratt and his """"Yankee"""" town in the heart of the Deep South challenges the conventional portrayal of the South as a premodern region hostile to industrialization and shows that, contrary to current popular thought, the South was not so markedly different from the North. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Curtis J. EvansPublisher: Louisiana State University Press Imprint: Louisiana State University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.333kg ISBN: 9780807156810ISBN 10: 0807156817 Pages: 370 Publication Date: 30 December 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"""[This] book is a thorough, well-written biography, an excellent piece of business history, an exhaustive social and economic history of Prattsville, and a vivid chapter of the political history of the South, both before and immediately following the Civil War. It is, in other words, a monumental work on Pratt and Autauga County, Alabama.""-Susanna Delfino, Business History Review ""Evans marshals an impressive array of primary sources to reconstruct Pratt's life and provide a detailed social history of the town of Prattville. . . . An important addition to the economic history of the South.""-John Majewski, Journal of American History" [This] book is a thorough, well-written biography, an excellent piece of business history, an exhaustive social and economic history of Prattsville, and a vivid chapter of the political history of the South, both before and immediately following the Civil War. It is, in other words, a monumental work on Pratt and Autauga County, Alabama. -Susanna Delfino, Business History Review Evans marshals an impressive array of primary sources to reconstruct Pratt's life and provide a detailed social history of the town of Prattville. . . . An important addition to the economic history of the South. -John Majewski, Journal of American History Evans marshals an impressive array of primary sources to reconstruct Pratt's life and provide a detailed social history of the town of Prattville. . . . An important addition to the economic history of the South. -John Majewski, Journal of American History Author InformationCurtis J. Evans is an independent scholar living in Northport, Alabama. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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