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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806161003321

Autore

McCurry Stephanie

Titolo

Masters of small worlds : yeoman households, gender relations, and the political culture of the antebellum South Carolina Low Country / / Stephanie McCurry [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-771461-7

1-4237-6465-X

1-280-44129-1

1-60129-852-8

0-19-972812-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 320p. ) : facsim., map

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

975.703

Soggetti

Political culture - South Carolina - History - 19th century

Social classes - South Carolina - History - 19th century

Sex role - South Carolina - History - 19th century

Slavery - South Carolina - History - 19th century

South Carolina History 1775-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

This social history describes the yeomanry (small farmers) in South Carolina before the US Civil War. It focuses on the relationship between these farmers and the planters, with whom they had strong ideological ties. The study also deals with issues of gender and class.