Robert Gudmestad
Biographic Data
| ID | 1177311 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Gudmestad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Gudmestad |
| SIGNATURE | GUDMESTAD R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Memphis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What Is a Slave Society?
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Plantation Kingdom
Reviewed by: Plantation Kingdom: The American South and its Global Commodities by Richard Follett, et al. Robert Gudmestad (bio) Plantation Kingdom: The American South and its Global Commodities. By Richard Follett, Sven Beckert, Peter Coclanis, and Barbara Hahn. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016. Pp. 176. $19.95. The American South ascended to amazing heights of economic glory in the first half of the nineteenth century. By any mea…
Slave Resistance, Coffles, and the Debates over Slavery in the Nation’s Capital
Bruce E. Baker and Barbara Hahn. The Cotton Kings
What do cotton, Canada, and Mardi Gras krewes have in common? If you read The Cotton Kings: Capitalism and Corruption in Turn-of-the-Century New York and New Orleans you will find out. Bruce E. Baker and Barbara Hahn have written an insightful, useful, and interesting book that blends the histories of business, the South, society, politics, and the environment. In this “economic drama” they argue that the cotton market at the turn of the twentiet…
Lincoln's Greatest Case
Lincoln the Lawyer and the Future of American Transportation On May 6, 1856, the Effie Afton steamed north from Rock Island, Illinois. Another steamboat had started just ahead of the Afton, and the captain of the latter boat decided to show off his vessel’s speed. As the A
Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom
Freebooters and Smugglers
has now taken up the task of fleshing out and expanding Du Bois's original argument.Where Du Bois emphasized the founding generation's complicity in the slave trade, Obadele-Starks demonstrates that the federal government possessed neither the power nor the disposition to impair smuggling and was complicit in the spread of slavery.While Du Bois argued that the 1850s was the zenith of the illegal trade, Obadele-Starks sees the trade between 1810 a…
Florida Plantation Records from the Papers of George Noble Jones
Book Review| January 01 2008 Florida Plantation Records from the Papers of George Noble Jones Florida Plantation Records from the Papers of George Noble Jones. George Noble Jones, Ulrich Bonnell Phillips and James David Glunt. Robert Gudmestad Robert Gudmestad Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Agricultural History (2008) 82 (1): 133–134. https://doi.org/10.1215/00021482-82.1.133 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Per…
Planting a Capitalist South
Reviewed by: Planting a Capitalist South: Masters, Merchants, and Manufacturers in the Southern Interior, 1790–1860 Robert Gudmestad (bio) Planting a Capitalist South: Masters, Merchants, and Manufacturers in the Southern Interior, 1790–1860. By Tom Downey . Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. Pp. 272. $49.95. South Carolina is perhaps the most studied state when it comes to antebellum Southern history. Steven Hahn, Stephanie McC…
Slavery and the Commerce Power
David L. Lightner has spent almost two decades researching and writing about the domestic slave trade. His new book extends the scope of his previous scholarship by arguing that “southern anxiety over the threat to the interstate slave trade was an important element in precipitating the secession crisis and Civil War” (p. xi). That essential premise is correct even if the book's subtitle promises more than it can deliver. A brief summary of the d…
A Troublesome Commerce
Technology and the World the Slaves Made
The study of American slavery is a crowded field and each year the historical profession witnesses the publication of several new books. Despite this steady onslaught of scholarship, significant gaps remain in our understanding of slavery and its influence on the South. One area that has lacked sustained attention is the nexus of slavery and technological development. Several new books demonstrate that changes in technology profoundly altered the…
Becoming Free, Remaining Free
Book Review| July 01 2004 Becoming Free, Remaining Free: Manumission and Enslavement in New Orleans, 1846-1862 Becoming Free, Remaining Free: Manumission and Enslavement in New Orleans, 1846-1862, Judith Kelleher Schafer. Robert Gudmestad Robert Gudmestad Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2004) 23 (4): 175–176. https://doi.org/10.2307/27501508 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Tw…
Migrants against Slavery
In the Hands of Strangers
A Troublesome Commerce
Technology and the World the Slaves Made
The study of American slavery is a crowded field and each year the historical profession witnesses the publication of several new books. Despite this steady onslaught of scholarship, significant gaps remain in our understanding of slavery and its influence on the South. One area that has lacked sustained attention is the nexus of slavery and technological development. Several new books demonstrate that changes in technology profoundly altered the…
Becoming Free, Remaining Free
Book Review| July 01 2004 Becoming Free, Remaining Free: Manumission and Enslavement in New Orleans, 1846-1862 Becoming Free, Remaining Free: Manumission and Enslavement in New Orleans, 1846-1862, Judith Kelleher Schafer. Robert Gudmestad Robert Gudmestad Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2004) 23 (4): 175–176. https://doi.org/10.2307/27501508 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Tw…
Migrants against Slavery
In the Hands of Strangers
Becoming Free, Remaining Free
Book Review| July 01 2004 Becoming Free, Remaining Free: Manumission and Enslavement in New Orleans, 1846-1862 Becoming Free, Remaining Free: Manumission and Enslavement in New Orleans, 1846-1862, Judith Kelleher Schafer. Robert Gudmestad Robert Gudmestad Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2004) 23 (4): 175–176. https://doi.org/10.2307/27501508 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Tw…
A Troublesome Commerce
Technology and the World the Slaves Made
The study of American slavery is a crowded field and each year the historical profession witnesses the publication of several new books. Despite this steady onslaught of scholarship, significant gaps remain in our understanding of slavery and its influence on the South. One area that has lacked sustained attention is the nexus of slavery and technological development. Several new books demonstrate that changes in technology profoundly altered the…
Planting a Capitalist South
Reviewed by: Planting a Capitalist South: Masters, Merchants, and Manufacturers in the Southern Interior, 1790–1860 Robert Gudmestad (bio) Planting a Capitalist South: Masters, Merchants, and Manufacturers in the Southern Interior, 1790–1860. By Tom Downey . Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. Pp. 272. $49.95. South Carolina is perhaps the most studied state when it comes to antebellum Southern history. Steven Hahn, Stephanie McC…
Slavery and the Commerce Power
David L. Lightner has spent almost two decades researching and writing about the domestic slave trade. His new book extends the scope of his previous scholarship by arguing that “southern anxiety over the threat to the interstate slave trade was an important element in precipitating the secession crisis and Civil War” (p. xi). That essential premise is correct even if the book's subtitle promises more than it can deliver. A brief summary of the d…
Freebooters and Smugglers
has now taken up the task of fleshing out and expanding Du Bois's original argument.Where Du Bois emphasized the founding generation's complicity in the slave trade, Obadele-Starks demonstrates that the federal government possessed neither the power nor the disposition to impair smuggling and was complicit in the spread of slavery.While Du Bois argued that the 1850s was the zenith of the illegal trade, Obadele-Starks sees the trade between 1810 a…
Florida Plantation Records from the Papers of George Noble Jones
Book Review| January 01 2008 Florida Plantation Records from the Papers of George Noble Jones Florida Plantation Records from the Papers of George Noble Jones. George Noble Jones, Ulrich Bonnell Phillips and James David Glunt. Robert Gudmestad Robert Gudmestad Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Agricultural History (2008) 82 (1): 133–134. https://doi.org/10.1215/00021482-82.1.133 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Per…
Steamboats and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom
Lincoln's Greatest Case
Lincoln the Lawyer and the Future of American Transportation On May 6, 1856, the Effie Afton steamed north from Rock Island, Illinois. Another steamboat had started just ahead of the Afton, and the captain of the latter boat decided to show off his vessel’s speed. As the A
Bruce E. Baker and Barbara Hahn. The Cotton Kings
What do cotton, Canada, and Mardi Gras krewes have in common? If you read The Cotton Kings: Capitalism and Corruption in Turn-of-the-Century New York and New Orleans you will find out. Bruce E. Baker and Barbara Hahn have written an insightful, useful, and interesting book that blends the histories of business, the South, society, politics, and the environment. In this “economic drama” they argue that the cotton market at the turn of the twentiet…
Slave Resistance, Coffles, and the Debates over Slavery in the Nation’s Capital
What Is a Slave Society?
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Plantation Kingdom
Reviewed by: Plantation Kingdom: The American South and its Global Commodities by Richard Follett, et al. Robert Gudmestad (bio) Plantation Kingdom: The American South and its Global Commodities. By Richard Follett, Sven Beckert, Peter Coclanis, and Barbara Hahn. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016. Pp. 176. $19.95. The American South ascended to amazing heights of economic glory in the first half of the nineteenth century. By any mea…
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