Life Labor in the Old South Author:Ulrich B. Phillips Original in both material and method of approach, this classic work deals with the social and economic history of the South up to 1861. Immigration, the influence of climate and soil, of religion, of race, of the rise of cotton as the staple of transportation of the opening of the Southwest, and other elements are traced in a style that is clea... more »r, vigorous and engaging. First published in 1929.« less