The South has typically been viewed as a region not favorably disposed to innovation and technology, yet innovation was never absent from industrialization. These seven essays assess the role of innovations in the region, some by examining specific industries in subregions: steamboats in the lower Mississippi valley, textile manufacturing in Georgia and Arkansas, coal mining in Virginia, and sugar planting and processing in Louisiana. Others consider the role of technology in South Carolina textile mills around the turn of ...
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The South has typically been viewed as a region not favorably disposed to innovation and technology, yet innovation was never absent from industrialization. These seven essays assess the role of innovations in the region, some by examining specific industries in subregions: steamboats in the lower Mississippi valley, textile manufacturing in Georgia and Arkansas, coal mining in Virginia, and sugar planting and processing in Louisiana. Others consider the role of technology in South Carolina textile mills around the turn of the twentieth century, the electrification of the Tennessee valley, and telemedicine in contemporary Arizona. Together, these articles show that southerners set significant limitations on the adoption of technological innovations, particularly in a milieu where slaveholding agriculture had shaped the allocation of resources.
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New. Features seven essays ranging across the topics of region and its history to assess the role of innovations which is presumed lacking by most historians. Offering an interpretation of industrialization in the South, this work shows that the benefits of innovations had to be carefully weighed against the costs to both industry and society. Editor(s): Delfino, Susanna; Gillespie, Michele. Series: New Currents in the History of Southern Economy & Society S. Num Pages: 248 pages, index, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTK; KN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354. 2008. 0th Edition. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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