The Conquest of Labor

Daniel Pratt and Southern Industrialization

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
Cover of the book The Conquest of Labor by Curtis J. Evans, LSU Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Curtis J. Evans ISBN: 9780807156834
Publisher: LSU Press Publication: December 12, 2014
Imprint: LSU Press Language: English
Author: Curtis J. Evans
ISBN: 9780807156834
Publisher: LSU Press
Publication: December 12, 2014
Imprint: LSU Press
Language: English

The 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.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The 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.

More books from LSU Press

Cover of the book Building Playgrounds, Engaging Communities by Curtis J. Evans
Cover of the book Ledger of Crossroads by Curtis J. Evans
Cover of the book If We Must Die by Curtis J. Evans
Cover of the book The Visible by Curtis J. Evans
Cover of the book The Fiction of Valerie Martin by Curtis J. Evans
Cover of the book Debugging the Link between Social Theory and Social Insects by Curtis J. Evans
Cover of the book Forestry in the U.S. South by Curtis J. Evans
Cover of the book Brokenburn by Curtis J. Evans
Cover of the book The Cachoeira Tales and Other Poems by Curtis J. Evans
Cover of the book Pretense Of Glory by Curtis J. Evans
Cover of the book God's Foolishness by Curtis J. Evans
Cover of the book Dawn to Twilight by Curtis J. Evans
Cover of the book Blood Work by Curtis J. Evans
Cover of the book Descent by Curtis J. Evans
Cover of the book Landscapes of the Heart by Curtis J. Evans
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy