In the Absence of Towns: Settlement and Country Trade in Southside Virginia, 1730-1800

by Charles J. Farmer

During the period from 1730 to 1800, not one town was developed in Southside Virginia, despite tremendous economic development and population growth. The primary focus of trade was on the plantation sites that worked together or separately with operations on the side such as a store, tavern, ordinary, or mill. After a period of more than 130 years of exploration, resource evaluation, and settlement, Southside remained a region of decentralized places...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847677958
• ISBN13: 9780847677955
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"