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Transition to an industrial South : Athens, Georgia, 1830-1870 /

Gagnon, Michael J., 1957-

Transition to an industrial South : Athens, Georgia, 1830-1870 / Michael J. Gagnon. - Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, �2012. - 1 online resource (xx, 290 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Commencing southern industrialization -- The people of industrialization -- The culture of industrialization -- The network of industrialization -- Epilogue to antebellum industrialization.

Renowned New South booster Henry Grady proposed industrialization as a basis of economic recovery for the former Confederacy. Born in 1850 in Athens, Georgia, to a family involved in the city's thriving manufacturing industries, Grady saw firsthand the potential of industrialization for the region. In Transition to an Industrial South, Michael J. Gagnon explores the creation of an industrial network in the antebellum South by focusing on the creation and expansion of cotton textile manufacture in Athens. By 1835, local entrepreneurs had built three cotton factories in Athens, started a bank, a.

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Industrialization--History--Georgia--Athens--19th century.
Cotton textile industry--History--Georgia--Athens--19th century.
Industrialisation--Histoire--G�eorgie (�Etat)--Athens--19e si�ecle.
Tissus de coton--Industrie--Histoire--G�eorgie (�Etat)--Athens--19e si�ecle.
HISTORY--State & Local--South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)--United States
Cotton textile industry
Economic history
Industrialization


Athens (Ga.)--History--19th century.
Athens (Ga.)--Economic conditions--19th century.
Georgia--Athens


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