River of Dark Dreams

River of Dark Dreams
Author: Walter Johnson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2013-02-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674074882

River of Dark Dreams places the Cotton Kingdom at the center of worldwide webs of exchange and exploitation that extended across oceans and drove an insatiable hunger for new lands. This bold reaccounting dramatically alters our understanding of American slavery and its role in U.S. expansionism, global capitalism, and the upcoming Civil War.