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Author Amos Doss, Harriet E., 1950-

Title Cotton City : urban development in antebellum Mobile / Harriet E. Amos
Published University, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1985

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 311 pages) : illustrations
Contents Illustrations; Tables; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Old Town, Young City; 2. Cotton City; 3. City Fathers; 4. Working People; 5. Municipal Finace and Default ; 6. City Services; 7. Social Services; 8. Pursuit of Progress; 9. Test of Loyalty; Appendix: Classification of Occupations; Notes; Essay on Sources; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-297) and index
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Subject Port districts -- Alabama -- Mobile -- History -- 19th century
Cotton trade -- Alabama -- Mobile -- History -- 19th century
Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth -- Case studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
Cities and towns -- Growth
Cotton trade
Economic history
Port districts
Stadtentwicklung
Geschichte Anfänge-1860.
SUBJECT Mobile (Ala.) -- Economic conditions
Mobile (Ala.) -- History -- 19th century
Subject Alabama -- Mobile
United States
Mobile, Ala.
Genre/Form Case studies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 058528072X
9780585280721
9780817390280
0817390286