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... social institution . The South was stuck with slavery ; its capital was tied up in it , its system of agriculture was based upon it , and its social system was founded upon it . Only if it was shown to be hideously unprofitable ...
... social institution . The South was stuck with slavery ; its capital was tied up in it , its system of agriculture was based upon it , and its social system was founded upon it . Only if it was shown to be hideously unprofitable ...
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... social structure provided adequate stabilisers for stormy passage . American society was decentralised , loosely organised , atomistic , highly mobile , not yet settled in its ways . Untrammelled by many of the traditional restraints ...
... social structure provided adequate stabilisers for stormy passage . American society was decentralised , loosely organised , atomistic , highly mobile , not yet settled in its ways . Untrammelled by many of the traditional restraints ...
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... social and political history of American finance , 1865-1879 ( Princeton , 1964 ) , regards Sharkey's approach as too rigidly economic determinist , and stresses political , social and moral influences on financial developments . See ...
... social and political history of American finance , 1865-1879 ( Princeton , 1964 ) , regards Sharkey's approach as too rigidly economic determinist , and stresses political , social and moral influences on financial developments . See ...
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