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Collection:
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Adult Nonfiction |
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Call Number:
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306.3 |
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Author:
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Ragsdale, Bruce A |
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Title:
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Washington at the plow |
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Remainder of title:
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the founding farmer and the question of slavery / |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"George Washington spent most of his time farming, often employing experimental methods. Washington saw slave-powered scientific agriculture as the key to the nation's prosperity. Bruce Ragsdale argues that it was slave labor's inefficiency as much as its inhumanity that finally convinced Washington to emancipate the men and women bonded to him"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9780674246386 |
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(cloth) |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Geographic area code:
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n-us-va |
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Classification number:
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E312.17 |
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Item number:
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.R35 2021 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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306.3/6209755 |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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Bruce A. Ragsdale. |
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Place of publication:
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Cambridge, MA |
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Name of publisher:
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Belknap Press |
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Date of publication:
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2021 |
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Projected publication date:
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2110 |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
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The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, |
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2021. |
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Extent:
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358 pages includes index |
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Other physical details:
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hardcover |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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txt |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
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Bibliography, etc. note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Formatted contents note:
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Introduction: The life of a husbandman -- The experiments of a Virginia planter -- The agricultural foundations of independence -- Mount Vernon in wartime -- New farming in a new nation -- Enslaved agricultural labor at Mount Vernon -- Cincinnatus and the world of improvement -- The farmer president -- Agriculture and the path to emancipation -- Epilogue: The reputation of a farmer. |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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B & T 2/12/22 |
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Purchase price:
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29.95 |
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Personal name:
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Washington, George, |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1732-1799. |
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Subject:
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Agriculture |
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Subject:
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Slave labor |
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Subject:
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Slavery |
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Subject:
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Slaves |
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General subdivision:
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Experimentation |
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General subdivision:
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History |
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General subdivision:
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Emancipation |
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Chronological subdivision:
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18th century. |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Virginia |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Virginia |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Mount Vernon (Estate) |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Virginia |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Mount Vernon (Estate) |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Virginia |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Mount Vernon (Estate) |
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Geographic name:
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Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) |
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General subdivision:
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History |
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Chronological subdivision:
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18th century. |
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acquire |
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2 shelf copies |
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policy default |
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MH 2021-03-02 |
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rf06 2021-03-05 (telework) to Dewey |
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xm09 2021-03-08 (TW situational) |
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MHCIP |
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2021-03-02 |