River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom
Walter Johnson examines the intertwined histories of slavery, empire, and cotton in the American South. Focusing on the Cotton Kingdom, this work considers the economic ambitions and expansionist forces that shaped a defining period in American history.
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River of Dark Dreams examines slavery and empire in the American Cotton Kingdom.
Walter Johnson focuses on the historical forces connecting cotton, territorial ambition, and the expansion of slavery.
The book offers a study of how economic power and imperial visions shaped the nineteenth-century American South.
It is suited to readers interested in American history, slavery, empire, and political economy.
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