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Artisan Workers in the Upper South: Petersburg, Virginia, 1820-1865 Diane Barnes
Artisan Workers in the Upper South: Petersburg, Virginia, 1820-1865
Diane Barnes
Examines the relationships between Petersburg's skilled white, free black, and slave mechanics and the roles they played in southern Virginia's market economy. L. Diane Barnes demonstrates that, despite studies that emphasize the backwardness of southern development, modern industry and slavery proved quite compatible in the Upper South
272 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 1, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807133132 |
| Publishers | Louisiana State University Press |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 161 × 234 × 23 mm · 540 g |
| Language | English |