Stinking Stones and Rocks of Gold: Phosphate, Fertilizer, and Industrialization in Postbellum South Carolina

Name/Title

Stinking Stones and Rocks of Gold: Phosphate, Fertilizer, and Industrialization in Postbellum South Carolina

Entry/Object ID

2015.004.3

Description

Examines the role of phosphates in the economic, social, and industrial changes in the South Carolina plantation economy. Contents: Antecedents, precedents, and continuities, 1800-1865 -- The creation of industry and hope, 1865-1870 -- Land miners and hand mining, 1867-1884 -- River mining and reconstruction politics, 1869-1874 -- Convergence and the fertilizer industry, 1868-1884. xii, 230 pages ; 24 cm.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2015.004

Source or Donor

New Library Books Purchased (2015)

Acquisition Method

Purchased

Credit Line

Restricted Book/Archives Acquisition Fund Purchase

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Phosphate industry--South Carolina--History, Phosphates--South Carolina--History, Fertilizer industry--South Carolina--History, Fertilizers--South Carolina--History, Industries--South Carolina--History, South Carolina--Economic conditions

Book Details

Author

McKinley, Shepherd W.

Series

New Perspectives on the History of the South

Publisher

University Press of Florida

Place Published

Location

Gainesville, FL

Date Published

circa 2014

Call No.

HD9585 .P483 S68 2014

ISBN

9780813049243

LCCN

2013038955

Location

Location

Room

Granville Room

Building

Missroon Library

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Shepherd W. McKinley. Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-219) and index.

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Create Date

March 16, 2015

Updated By

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Update Date

April 5, 2023