Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina

Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina

Book cover
Author	S. Max Edelson
Language	English
Subject	South Carolina, Slavery
Genre	Non-fiction, academic, History
Publisher	Harvard University Press
Publication date	2006
Pages	400 (original hardback)
ISBN	978-0-674-02303-1
Website	Harvard University Press

Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina is a book written by S. Max Edelson and published by Harvard University Press in 2006. The work is about plantations, slavery, and economics in colonial South Carolina. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Structure

Work begins with an introduction by the author and is followed by six chapters and a conclusion plus appendices and indexes. ^[4]

• Introduction

1. Laying Claim to the Land
2. Rice Culture Origins
3. Transforming the Plantation Landscape
4. City, Hinterland, and Frontier
5. Marketplace of Identity
6. Henry Laurens's Empire

• Conclusion: Into the American South

Academic journal reviews

• Anzilotti, Cara (2007). "Reviewed work: Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, S. Max Edelson". The William and Mary Quarterly. 64 (4): 866–868. JSTOR   25096758.
• Casady, Brian (2007). "Reviewed work: Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, S. Max Edelson". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 40 (2): 343–345. JSTOR   40033936.
• Downey, Tom (2007). "Reviewed work: Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, S. Max Edelson". Enterprise & Society. 8 (4): 977–979. doi:10.1093/es/khm089. JSTOR   23700794.
• Ellis, Clifton (2008). "Book Reviews: S. Max Edelson. Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006". Winterthur Portfolio. 42: 93–95. doi:10.1086/528915. S2CID   163699094.
• Gallay, Alan (2007). "Reviewed work: Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, S. Max Edelson". The Journal of American History. 94 (2): 537. doi:10.2307/25094973. JSTOR   25094973.
• Glover, Lorri (2007). "Reviewed work: Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, S. Max Edelson". The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. 105 (2): 287–288. JSTOR   23387893.
• Hadden, Sally E. (2008). "Reviewed work: Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, S. Max Edelson". The Historian. 70 (1): 106–107. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2008.00205_12.x. JSTOR   24454319. S2CID   145399945.
• Hart, Emma (2008). "Reviewed work: Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, S. Max Edelson". The Business History Review. 82 (1): 131–133. doi:10.1017/S0007680500037570. JSTOR   25097466. S2CID   153474357.
• Littlefield, Daniel C. (2008). "Reviewed work: Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, S. Max Edelson". Agricultural History. 82 (4): 551–552. doi:10.1215/00021482-82.4.551. JSTOR   20454899. S2CID   247812376.
• Mancall, Peter C. (2008). "Reviewed work: Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, S. Max Edelson". The Journal of Economic History. 68 (3): 943–945. doi:10.1017/S0022050708000740. JSTOR   40056448.
• Massey, Gregory D. (2008). "Reviewed work: Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, S. Max Edelson". The Journal of Southern History. 74 (1): 147–149. JSTOR   27650068.
• Moltke-Hansen, David (2013). "Reviewed work: Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, S. Max Edelson". Journal of Social History. 46 (4): 1095–1097. doi:10.1093/jsh/shs079. JSTOR   43306102.
• Olwell, Robert (2008). "Reviewed work: Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, S. Max Edelson". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 38 (3): 466–467. doi:10.1162/jinh.2008.38.3.466. JSTOR   20143674. S2CID   195826037.
• Racine, Philip N. (2007). "Reviewed work: Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, S. Max Edelson". The North Carolina Historical Review. 84 (1): 102–103. JSTOR   23523292.
• Weir, Robert M. (2007). "Reviewed work: Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, S. Max Edelson". The South Carolina Historical Magazine. 108 (4): 318–320. JSTOR   27570920.
• Whitman, T. Stephen (2009). "Reviewed work: Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, S. Max Edelson". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 93 (1): 107–109. JSTOR   40585122.
• Young, Jeffrey Robert (2008). "Reviewed work: Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina, S. Max Edelson". The American Historical Review. 113 (2): 488–489. doi:10.1086/ahr.113.2.488. JSTOR   30222894.

Citation

• Edelson, S. M. (2006). Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina. Harvard University Press.

About the author

Main article: S. Max Edelson

S. Max Edelson is an author, historian, and professor of history at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Their research focuses on colonial American history, the British Atlantic world, and the impact of cartography on history and colonialism. ^[5]

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See also

• History of South Carolina
• List of plantations in South Carolina
• South Carolina slave codes
• The Negro Law of South Carolina

References

1. Anzilotti 2007.
2. Hadden 2008.
3. Olwell 2008.
4. Table of Contents, Harvard University Press
5. S. Max Edelson Faculty Page, University of Virginia, retrieved 2 June 2023

External links

• Publisher page: Harvard University Press
• Author page: S. Max Edelson