Graduate Alumnus Research Research Areas: U.S. South Capitalism and Economics Cultural & Intellectual Environment & Agriculture U.S. 19th & 20th Century Dissertation/Thesis Title: M.A. Thesis; Failure's Frontier: Ambition, Indebtedness, and Insolvency in Antebellum Alabama Degree Completion Date: Thu, 08/04/2011 - 12:00pm Selected Publications Selected Publications: Sammons, Franklin. “Failure's Frontier: Ambition, Indebtedness, And Insolvency In Antebellum Alabama”. Stephen Mihm. 2011: n. pag. Print.