Consequently, they worked zealously to find ways to reconstruct durably the worldwide web of cotton production, to transform the global countryside without resorting to slavery.
The lower social strata tended to support the respective dominant faction, the middle classes in the cities and the landholding magnates in the countryside.
The countryside was posited as a romantic alternative to urban living, and some naturists even promoted what they saw as the healthful benefits of nudism.
