Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. 1. The New South: A New Old Land 1
5. 2. The Alluvial Empire 22
6. 3. The Process of Progress 39
7. 4. A Marriage of Interests 65
8. 5. With a View to Upbuilding the Country 91
9. 6. A Twentieth Century Cotton Kingdom 114
10. 7. The End of Immigration to the Cotton Fields 140
11. 8. A Reckoning with the Railroad 166
12. Bibliography 201
13. Index 221