Soil Exhaustion As a Factor in the Agricultural History of Virginia And Maryland, 1606-1860

Recognized since its publication in 1926 as a watershed in American historiography, Craven's study of soil depletion in Virginia and Maryland links elements of Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis, causal aspects of the expansion of slavery, and the economics of staple-crop production into a unified view of southern history from the colonial era to the onset of the Civil War. Through case studies Craven assesses the abusive relationship between southern planters and their most valuable and abundant resource -- the land.Craven, Avery Odelle is the author of 'Soil Exhaustion As a Factor in the Agricultural History of Virginia And Maryland, 1606-1860 ', published 2006 under ISBN 9781570036811 and ISBN 1570036810.