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- catalog abstract ""The son of an indentured servant, James Hamilton Couper became one of the most extraordinary of the South's antebellum planters. The owner of hundreds of slaves and numerous plantations along the Georgia coast, he was famed for his wealth, education, and personal heroism. A scientific agriculturist, he pioneered methods of crop rotation designed to suit the unique climate of the coastal region. His crops of Sea Island cotton, rice, and sugar were constant laboratories for capitalist adaptation of science and technology to ever-increasing yields and profits. He was also famed for his paternalistic plantation management, contributions to Georgia's political life, archaeology, and architectural design. When the Pulaski sank, he added heroism and life-saving to his reputation."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11520726.
- catalog coverage "Glynn County (Ga.) Biography.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""The son of an indentured servant, James Hamilton Couper became one of the most extraordinary of the South's antebellum planters. The owner of hundreds of slaves and numerous plantations along the Georgia coast, he was famed for his wealth, education, and personal heroism. A scientific agriculturist, he pioneered methods of crop rotation designed to suit the unique climate of the coastal region. His crops of Sea Island cotton, rice, and sugar were constant laboratories for capitalist adaptation of science and technology to ever-increasing yields and profits. He was also famed for his paternalistic plantation management, contributions to Georgia's political life, archaeology, and architectural design.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "When the Pulaski sank, he added heroism and life-saving to his reputation."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 193 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Rice gold.".
- catalog identifier "0865546517 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Rice gold.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Macon, GA : Mercer University Press,".
- catalog relation "Rice gold.".
- catalog spatial "Georgia Atlantic Coast".
- catalog spatial "Georgia Glynn County".
- catalog spatial "Glynn County (Ga.) Biography.".
- catalog subject "975.8/03/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Agriculture Georgia Glynn County History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Couper, J. Hamilton (James Hamilton), 1794-1866.".
- catalog subject "F292.G5 B34 1999".
- catalog subject "Plantation life Georgia Atlantic Coast History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Plantation life Georgia Glynn County History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Plantation owners Georgia Glynn County Biography.".
- catalog subject "Rice farmers Georgia Glynn County Biography.".
- catalog title "Rice gold : James Hamilton Couper and plantation life on the Georgia coast / by James E. Bagwell.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".