{"product_id":"the-cotton-kingdom-a-travellers-observations-on-cotton-and-slavery-in-the-american-slave-states-1853-1861-9780306807237","title":"The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveller's Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States, 1853-1861","description":"Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is best known for designing parks in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Chicago, Boston, and the grounds of the Capitol in Washington. But before he embarked upon his career as the nation's foremost landscape architect, he was a correspondent for the\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and it was under its auspices that he journeyed through the slave states in the 1850s. His day-by-day observations--including intimate accounts of the daily lives of masters and slaves, the operation of the plantation system, and the pernicious effects of slavery on all classes of society, black and white--were largely collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Cotton Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e. Published in 1861, just as the Southern states were storming out of the Union, it has been hailed ever since as singularly fair and authentic, an unparalleled account of America's \"peculiar institution.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306807237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.86h x 6.18w x 1.67d","brand":"Frederick Law Jr. Olmsted","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403340279989,"sku":"9780306807237","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ff3bd7f2-6231-43a5-b2a0-53d200e7848d.jpg?v=1774968840","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-cotton-kingdom-a-travellers-observations-on-cotton-and-slavery-in-the-american-slave-states-1853-1861-9780306807237","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}