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Pharsalia: An Environmental Biography of a Southern Plantation - Lynn A. Nelson
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- Subtitle
- An Environmental Biography of a Southern Plantation, 1780-1880
- EAN
- 9780820326276
- ISBN
- 9780820326276
- Release Year
- 2007
- Book Title
- Pharsalia
- Title
- Pharsalia
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Ex-Library
- Genre
- Science Nature & Math
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Subject
- History
- Release Date
- 02/28/2007
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Pharsalia : an Environmental Biography of a Southern Plantation, 1780-1880
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 22.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Pharsalia, a plantation located in piedmont Virginia at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is one of the best-documented sites of its kind. Drawing on the exceptionally rich trove of papers left behind by the Massie family, Pharsalia's owners, this case study demonstrates how white southern planters paradoxically relied on capitalistic methods even as they pursued an ideal of agrarian independence. Lynn A. Nelson also shows how the contradictions between these ends and means would later manifest themselves in the southern conservation movement. Nelson follows the fortunes of Pharsalia's owners, telling how Virginia's traditional extensive agriculture contributed to the soil's erosion and exhaustion. Subsequent attempts to balance independence and sustainability through a complex system of crop rotation and resource recycling ultimately gave way to an intensive, slave-based form of agricultural capitalism. Pharsalia could not support the Massies' aristocratic ambitions, and it was eventually parceled up and sold off by family members. The farm's story embodies several fundamentals of modern U.S. environmental thought. Southerners' nineteenth-century quest for financial and ecological independence provided the background for conservationists' attempts to save family farming. At the same time, farmers' failure to achieve independence while maximizing profits and crop yields drove them to seek government aid and regulation. These became some of the hallmarks of conservation efforts in the New Deal and beyond. 37
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Publisher
University of Georgia Press
ISBN-10
0820326275
ISBN-13
9780820326276
eBay Product ID (ePID)
53570572
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Pharsalia : an Environmental Biography of a Southern Plantation, 1780-1880
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
22.1 Oz
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Reviews
Innovative . . . Nelson has effectively utilized the family papers and consulted an extensive array of secondary sources to produce a solid study . . . Rich and informative . . . Pharsalia is a rich addition to the exciting and rapidly growing field of southern environmental history.
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Historical Geography, Environmental Conservation & Protection, United States / 19th Century
Dewey Decimal
630.9755/49309034
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Nature, History
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