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Ersatz in the Confederacy : shortages and substitutes on the southern homefront / by Mary Elizabeth Massey ; with a new introduction by Barbara L. Bellows.

Title
Ersatz in the Confederacy : shortages and substitutes on the southern homefront / by Mary Elizabeth Massey ; with a new introduction by Barbara L. Bellows.
Author
Massey, Mary Elizabeth.
Publication
Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Institute for Southern Studies
  • South Caroliniana Society.
  • University of South Carolina. Institute for Southern Studies.
Description
xxv, 233 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
A study of the South's efforts to overcome shortages of food, medicine, clothing, household goods, farming supplies, and tools.
Series Statement
Southern classics series
Uniform Title
Southern classics series.
Subject
  • 1861-1865
  • History, 19th Century
  • Food Supply
  • Substitute products
  • American Civil War
  • Confederate States of America > Economic conditions
  • Southeastern United States
Note
  • "Published in cooperation with the Institute for Southern Studies and the South Caroliniana Society of the University of South Carolina."
  • Originally published: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 1952.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-224) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
I. The Problem of Supplies -- II. Causes of Shortages -- III. Governmental Policies -- IV. Food and Drink -- V. Clothing -- VI. Housing and Household Goods -- VII. Drugs and Medicine -- VIII. Transportation, Industry, & Agriculture -- IX. The Little Things of Life -- X. The Balance Sheet.
ISBN
0872498778
LCCN
^^^92023314^
OCLC
  • 26300139
  • SCSB-12596089
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library