The first American frontier transition to capitalism in southern Appalachia, 1700-1860 - Dunaway, Wilma A. (University of North Carolina Press, 1996)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-433) and index
Cover Page; The First American Frontier; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAPS AND FIGURES; TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 THE TRANSITION TO CAPITALISM ON AMERICAN FRONTIERS: TOWARD A PARADIGM SHIFT; 2 SLAVES, SKINS, AND WAMPUM: DESTRUCTION OF SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN PRECAPITALIST MODE OF PRODUCTION, 1540-1763; 3 SETTLERS, SPECULATORS, AND SQUATTERS: COMPETITION FOR APPALACHIAN LAND RESOURCES, 1790-1860; 4 THE POOR MAN HAD NO CHANCE: FORMATION OF A LANDLESS AGRARIAN SEMIPROLETARIAT; 5 MAKIN' DO OR CHASING PROFITS?: THE AGRARIAN CAPITALISM OF SOUTHERN APPALACHIA
In The First American Frontier, Wilma Dunaway challenges many assumptions about the development of preindustrial Southern Appalachia's society and economy. Drawing on data from 215 counties in nine states from 1700 to 1860, she argues that capitalist exchange and production came to the region much earlier than has been previously thought. Her innovative book is the first regional history of antebellum Southern Appalachia and the first study to apply world-systems theory to the development of the American frontier