{"product_id":"one-kind-of-freedom-the-economic-consequences-of-emancipation-paperback-9780521795500","title":"One Kind of Freedom; The Economic Consequences of Emancipation (Paperback) 9780521795500","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOne Kind of Freedom\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Economic Consequences of Emancipation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis economic history classic examines the economic institutions that replaced slavery.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRoger L. Ransom (Author), Richard Sutch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521795500, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 16 July 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e488 pages, 21 b\/w illus.  7 maps  124 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 3 cm, 0.653 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...clearly written and closely reasoned...One Kind of Freedeom is likely to remain what it has been for a quarter-century now: the single best introduction to the economy of the early postemancipation South.\"   H-Net Reviews\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis edition of the economic history classic One Kind of Freedom reprints the entire text of the first edition together with an introduction by the authors and an extensive bibliography of works in Southern history published since the appearance of the first edition. The book examines the economic institutions that replaced slavery and the conditions under which ex-slaves were allowed to enter the economic life of the United States following the Civil War. The authors contend that although the kind of freedom permitted to black Americans allowed substantial increases in their economic welfare, it effectively curtailed further black advancement and retarded Southern economic development. Quantitative data are used to describe the historical setting but also shape the authors' economic analysis and test the appropriateness of their interpretations. Ransom and Sutch's revised findings enrich the picture of the era and offer directions for future research.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the new edition\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e A note to the reader\u003cbr\u003e 1. What did freedom mean?\u003cbr\u003e 2. The legacy of slavery\u003cbr\u003e 3. The myth of the prostrate South\u003cbr\u003e 4. The demise of the plantation\u003cbr\u003e 5. Agricultural reconstruction\u003cbr\u003e 6. Financial reconstruction\u003cbr\u003e 7. The emergence of the merchants' territorial monopoly\u003cbr\u003e 8. The trap of debt peonage\u003cbr\u003e 9. The roots of southern poverty\u003cbr\u003e Statistical appendixes\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e A bibliography of literature on the South after 1977\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Educational: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Educational: History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Educational:%20History%20%5BYQH%5D%22\"\u003eYQH\u003c\/a\u003e], Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913264161048,"sku":"9780521795500","price":32.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521795500i_127e74ce-4ef9-425e-b233-cd070e8987ec.jpg?v=1691368132","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/one-kind-of-freedom-the-economic-consequences-of-emancipation-paperback-9780521795500","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}