Description: Written for scholars and students alike, Plantation Kingdom is an accessible and fascinating study.
Brief description: Barbara Hahn is an associate professor of history at Texas Tech University and the associate editor of Technology and Culture. She is the coauthor of The Cotton Kings: Capitalism and Corruption in Turn-of-the-Century New York and New Orleans and Plantation Kingdom: The American South and Its Global Commodities.
Review Quotes: Alongside recognition of the southern plantation as a key element of modern capitalism comes the imperative to understand its environmental history as part of a global phenomenon, and Plantation Kingdom is well situated to inspire and facilitate this line of analysis for years to com
--Environmental History