In this comprehensive history, R. Douglas Hurt traces the decline and fall of agriculture in the Confederate States of America. The backbone of the southern eco

This book provides a perspective into the past that few students and historians of the Civil War have considered: agriculture during the Civil War as a key elem

This is the first book to assess the contribution of Southern agriculture to the Confederate war effort, to describe the damage that agriculture sustained durin

"The author evaluates the agricultural potential of the North and the South and compares the problems and achievements of farmers of the two sections throughout

A Kind Of Fate: Agricultural Change In Virginia, 1861-1920 surveys farming in Virginia through the experiences of Jacob Manning and his son James. We read about