reviews: Planters' Progress

    Return to Planters' Progress H-net.org South"Morgan makes good use of the evidence and has produced a gracefully written and intelligent work. It will be valuable for upper division undergraduate and graduate students as well as specialists in antebellum Georgia, the Civil War, Southern industrialization and Southern intellectual history." Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"A masterful handling of a variety of primary sources and . . . a keen understanding of published scholarship . . . Morgan's well-crafted portrait of Confederate Georgia's industrialization provides a fresh perspective on the Civil War's long-familiar story." EH.NET"An instructive case study of a state's economic transformation during wartime conditions...a model of efficient and effective prose backed by evidence...recommended reading for economic and political historians grappling with the complex nature of southern industrialization during the turbulent decades of the mid-nineteenth century." The Journal of American History…emphasizes the economic modernization developments war needs caused. North Carolina Historical Review…revisits and revises the Marxist school of historiography within the context of Civil War Georgia. Journal of Southern HistoryMorgan has written a fine work that should be read by anyone interested in the Civil War's economic impact upon the South. Technology & CultureMorgan brings important insights into how Confederate industry adapted to fit into a slave society. Louisiana History…Morgan examines the efforts to promote and to foster industrialization in Georgia during the Civil War as a window onto the larger question of wealthy planters' attitudes toward modernity and progress. American Historical Review…an important contribution to our understanding of the transformation of Georgia's urban home front during the Civil War. H-Net…an intriguing blend of economic and intellectual history set before the compelling backdrop of a society hurtling toward secession, war, and defeat. Enterprise & Society"The substance of this short book is persuasive." Civil War History"Represents a sterling addition to the University Press of Florida's New Perspectives on the History of the South series; it deserves a place among the book of any serious student of the Civil War".
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