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Cotton City : Urban Development in Antebellum Mobile
author
:
Amos, Harriet E.
publisher
:
University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0817302182
print isbn13
:
9780817302184
ebook isbn13
:
9780585280721
language
:
English
subject
Mobile (Ala.)--Economic conditions, Mobile (Ala.)--History--19th century, Port districts--Alabama--Mobile--History--19th century, Cotton trade--Alabama--Mobile--History--19th century, Cities and towns--United States--Growth--Case studies.
publication date
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1985
lcc
:
HC108.M8A66 1985eb
ddc
:
338.9761/22
subject
:
Mobile (Ala.)--Economic conditions, Mobile (Ala.)--History--19th century, Port districts--Alabama--Mobile--History--19th century, Cotton trade--Alabama--Mobile--History--19th century, Cities and towns--United States--Growth--Case studies.
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Cotton City
Urban Development in Antebellum Mobile
Harriet E. Amos
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Copyright 1985 by The University of Alabama Press
University, Alabama 35486
All Rights Reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
Publication of this book has been assisted by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation through the American Council of Learned Societies.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Amos, Harriet E. Cotton City. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mobile (Ala.)Economic conditions. 2. Mobile (Ala.)History19th century. 3. Port districts AlabamaMobileHistory19th century. 4. Cotton tradeAlabamaMobileHistory19th century. 5. Cities and townsUnited StatesGrowthCase studies. I. Title. HC108.M8A66 1985 338.9761'22 84-189 ISBN 0-8173-0218-2
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To My Parents, Bevil T. and Nona S. AMOS
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Contents
Illustrations
viii
Tables
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
xiii
1. Old Town, Young City
1
2. Cotton City
18
3. City Fathers
48
4. Working People
80
5. Municipal Finance and Default
114
6. City Services
136
7. Social Services
168
8. Pursuit of Progress
193
9. Test of Loyalty
222
Appendix: Classification of Occupations
241
Notes
243
Essay on Sources
287
Index
299
Page viii
Illustrations
View of Mobile in 1842
27
Mobile Harbor in 1851
27
Christ Church
66
Fire in 1839
125
City Hall and New Market in 1857
133
Barton Academy
181
Maps
Plan Profil et Elevation du Fort Cond de la Mobile, c. 1725
8
Plan of Mobile, 1760
9
Mobile in 1765
10
Mobile in 1815
14
Mobile in 1824
15
Distribution of Cotton Production in Alabama in 1860
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