LORENA S. WALSH is a historian with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and the author, with Lois Green Carr and Russell R. Menard, of Robert Cole's World: Agriculture and Society in Early Maryland.
This book serves as a timely reminder for what economic history can
do for us, and what we owe to those pioneering historians who
continue to produce such stimulating and important studies in early
American history." --Southern Historian
Walsh makes a major contribution to scholarship about the origins
and development of slavery in the Chesapeake." --The Historian
[Walsh] has certainly set the standard for the economic history of
this particular time and place.--Anglican and Episcopal History
A work of near-encyclopedic depth of knowledge, enormously rich
insight, elegant prose, and powerful argumentation. It successfully
marries the perspective of a synthesis with the originality of
unbelievably extensive--and intensive--research. This work brings
both subtlety and precision to the exploration of plantation
management in the colonial Chesapeake. . . .Ultimately its success
lies in its complementing of qualitative and quantitative evidence
as these planters emerge as real figures rather than
abstractions.--The Frank L. and Harriet C. Owsley Award committee,
Southern Historical Association
An indispensible guide to the economics of early Virginia and
Maryland . . . A distinguished addition to the literature, which
all scholars of early America will need to absorb.--Journal of
Interdisciplinary History
An outstanding work of historical ethnography and regional history
that should be read by anyone concerned with the history and folk
culture of the South.--Journal of Folklore Research
In her masterful new book Lorena S. Walsh has meticulously
researched and carefully interrogated the management practices of
planters for the thirty-two best-documented plantations of Virginia
and Maryland. . . . A tour de force of persuasive and fluent
analysis.--American Historical Review
Such a rich study of the business of planting is unique. As a
synthesis of what is known, Motives of Honor, Pleasure, and Profit
is impressive. As an analysis of economic strategy, it answers old
questions and raises and answers new ones . . . . This is a book
that everyone interested in the early history of the South and
indeed America should read.--Journal of Southern History
The result of decades of painstaking archival research, this book
is stunning in its depth, breadth, and significance. Walsh is
remarkably clever at teasing out meaningful insights from seemingly
intractable sources. . . . Though intended for a scholarly
audience, this book's conclusions will undoubtedly reach a wider
audience through its influence on both academic and public
historians. . . . Highly recommended.--Choice
This landmark book offers a significant new interpretation of the
seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Chesapeake's political economy.
. . . The most complete and perceptive look at large planters'
economic strategies. . . . Retains a narrative flow as the
personalities and grim realities of famous and obscure planters and
their enslaved work forces are revealed.--Journal of American
History
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