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UNINA9910451409503321 |
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Titolo |
Society and culture in the slave South [[electronic resource] /] / edited by J. William Harris |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1992 |
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ISBN |
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0-203-31273-2 |
0-203-41592-2 |
1-280-32102-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (250 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Slavery - Southern States |
Slavery - Economic aspects - Southern States |
Women - Southern States - Psychology |
Slaves - Southern States - Psychology |
Electronic books. |
Southern States Social conditions |
Southern States Economic conditions |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-245). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN THE SLAVE SOUTH; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's preface; INTRODUCTION; Part I The Old South as a paternalist society; 1 THE FRUITS OF MERCHANT CAPITALThe slave South as a paternalist society; 2 WITHIN THE PLANTATION HOUSEHOLD Women in a paternalist system; Part II Masters and slaves; 3 AMERICAN SLAVERY A flexible, highly developed form of capitalism; 4 SLAVERY AND THE CIRCLE OF CULTURE; 5 THE MASK OF OBEDIENCE Male slave psychology in the Old South; 6 THE BLACK FAMILY AS A MECHANISM OF PLANTER CONTROL; Part III Women and men |
7 LOVE AND BIOGRAPHY Three courtships8 WOMEN AND THE SEARCH FOR MANLY INDEPENDENCE; 9 FEMALE SLAVES Sex roles and status in the antebellum plantation South; Further reading |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Combining established work with that of recent provocative scholarship on the antebellum South, this collection of essays puts students in |
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