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Bitter Harvest:The South Carolina Low Country in Historical Perspective

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The factors responsible for the South Carolina Low Country's rapid economic rise in the eigthteenth century and for the area's subsequent lapse into stagnation and decline are described and analyzed. The conclusion is that the rise and fall of the Low Country grew out of the white settlers' early economic commitment to the production of plantation staples with bound labor. The Low Country was locked into a pattern of economic development that required a high demand for low country staples. When demand for low country staples abated, the area faced economic ruin.

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  • Coclanis, Peter A., 1985. "Bitter Harvest:The South Carolina Low Country in Historical Perspective," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 45(2), pages 251-259, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:45:y:1985:i:02:p:251-259_03
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