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- catalog abstract "This is a fascinating combination of intellectual and social history focusing on the life and thought of Edmund Ruffin, a 19th-century reformer whose activities in the movement for secession made him a symbol of the antebellum South. Although much has been written about Ruffin, this is the first examination of the connections between his family life, his thought, and his career in reform. Allmendinger shows, through careful analysis of Ruffin's personal papers, how Ruffin's family history informed his thinking and writing. His early experiences of isolation contributed to his valuable discoveries about soil fertility, which in turn guided his notion of a reconstruction of the rural Southeast led by individuals possessing the mentality of scientific farmers. Without this rejuvenation and fundamental restructuring of institutions, Ruffin believed, the southeastern United States would be faced with a Malthusian crisis of subsistence which would lead to the complete dissolution of the social system. An insightful analysis of the experiences of this influential thinker, Allmendinger's study offers a unique perspective on life in the antebellum South.".
- catalog contributor b2540097.
- catalog coverage "Southern States Politics and government 1775-1865.".
- catalog created "1990.".
- catalog date "1990".
- catalog date "1990.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1990.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 250-264.".
- catalog description "This is a fascinating combination of intellectual and social history focusing on the life and thought of Edmund Ruffin, a 19th-century reformer whose activities in the movement for secession made him a symbol of the antebellum South. Although much has been written about Ruffin, this is the first examination of the connections between his family life, his thought, and his career in reform. Allmendinger shows, through careful analysis of Ruffin's personal papers, how Ruffin's family history informed his thinking and writing. His early experiences of isolation contributed to his valuable discoveries about soil fertility, which in turn guided his notion of a reconstruction of the rural Southeast led by individuals possessing the mentality of scientific farmers. Without this rejuvenation and fundamental restructuring of institutions, Ruffin believed, the southeastern United States would be faced with a Malthusian crisis of subsistence which would lead to the complete dissolution of the social system. An insightful analysis of the experiences of this influential thinker, Allmendinger's study offers a unique perspective on life in the antebellum South.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 274 p., [6] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Ruffin.".
- catalog identifier "0195044150 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Ruffin.".
- catalog issued "1990".
- catalog issued "1990.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Ruffin.".
- catalog spatial "Southern States Politics and government 1775-1865.".
- catalog spatial "Southern States".
- catalog spatial "Southern States.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "Virginia".
- catalog subject "973.7/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "Agricultural ecology United States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Agricultural ecology Virginia History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "F230.R932 A45 1990".
- catalog subject "Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865.".
- catalog subject "Secession Southern States.".
- catalog subject "Secession.".
- catalog subject "Slavery Southern States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Statesmen Virginia Biography.".
- catalog title "Ruffin : family and reform in the Old South / David F. Allmendinger, Jr.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".