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Byrne, Frank J., 1968-

Becoming bourgeois merchant culture in the South, 1820-1865 / [electronic resource] : Frank J. Byrne. - Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2006. - x, 297 p. - New directions in southern history . - New directions in southern history. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-288) and index.

Merchant culture and the political economy of the old South -- The antebellum merchant in southern society -- The merchant family in the antebellum South -- Secession, merchant-soldiers and the Civil War, 1860-1863 -- Merchants and their families in the Confederacy, 1861-1863 -- The merchant family and the fall of the Confederacy, 1864-1865 -- Conclusion: merchant culture in the slave south and beyond.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9780813171456 (electronic bk.)

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Merchants--History.--Southern States

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Southern States--Social conditions.
Southern States--Economic conditions.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HF3153 / .B97 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 381.0975/09034