Download or read book The Emergence of the Cotton Kingdom in the Old Southwest written by John Hebron Moore and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Emergence of the Cotton Kingdom in the Old Southwest: Mississippi, 1770-1860 traces the evolution of cotton culture in the region bordering the Mississippi River. Moore examines the society supported by that industry, emphasizing technological changes that transformed cotton plantations into agricultural equivalents of factories and slaves into skilled and highly productive farm workers. Unlike other studies of antebellum southern agriculture, this book examines the contributions to the success of the cotton industry made by steamboats and railroads, manufacturing establishments, and the urban population.