Description: Modernizing a Slave Economy: The Economic Vision of the Confederate Nation
Brief description: John Majewski is professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is author of A House Dividing: Economic Development in Pennsylvania and Virginia before the Civil War.
Review Quotes: "Compelling. . . . Majewski makes a stimulating argument that calls into question many comfortable assumptions about the development of secessionist thought. . . . Makes exciting contributions to the history of political economy of the United States before the Civil War." -- H-Net Reviews