Antecedents, precedents, and continuities, 1800-1865 -- The creation of industry and hope, 1865-1870 -- Land miners and hand mining, 1867-1884 -- River mining and reconstruction politics, 1869-1874 -- Convergence and the fertilizer industry, 1868-1884
Summary
McKinley examines the role of phosphates in the economic, social and industrial changes in the South Carolina plantation economy