Stinking Stones and Rocks of Gold by Shepherd W. McKinley

Ī finely layered and important study that fills in gaps in the industrial history of the New South and especially low-country South Carolina.-Sidney Bland, author of Preserving Charleston's Past, Shaping Its Future: The Life and Times of Susan Pringle Frost Skillfully blurs the old, comfortable line between Old and New South economies and paints a nuanced picture of the new labor relations in the post-slavery era.-Charles Holden, author of In the Great Maelstrom In the first book ever written about the impact of phosphate mining on the South Carolina plantation economy, Shepherd McKinley explains how the convergence of the phosphate and fertilizer industries carried long-term impacts for America and the South.Fueling the rapid growth of lowcountry fertilizer companies, phosphate mining provided elite plantation owners a way to stem losses from emancipation.

A finely layered and important study that fills in gaps in the industrial history of the New South and especially low-country South Carolina.-Sidney Bland, author of Preserving Charleston's Past, Shaping Its Future: The Life and Times of Susan Pringle Frost Skillfully blurs the old, comfortable line between Old and New South economies and paints a nuanced picture of the new labor relations in the post-slavery era.-Charles Holden, author of In the Great Maelstrom In the first book ever written about the impact of.

Stinking Stones and Rocks of Gold by Shepherd W. McKinley