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Autore |
Genovese Eugene D. <1930-2012, > |
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Titolo |
Fatal self-deception : slaveholding paternalism in the Old South / / Eugene D. Genovese, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese [[electronic resource]] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-139-15304-8 |
1-107-22231-1 |
1-283-34115-8 |
9786613341150 |
1-139-16060-5 |
0-511-99475-3 |
1-139-16160-1 |
1-139-15603-9 |
1-139-15779-5 |
1-139-15955-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvii, 232 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Slavery - Southern States - History - 19th century |
Plantation owners - Southern States - History - 19th century |
Paternalism - Southern States - History - 19th century |
Enslaved persons - Southern States - Social conditions - 19th century |
Plantation workers - Southern States - History - 19th century |
White people - Southern States - Social conditions - 19th century |
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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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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: 1. 'Boisterous passions'; 2. The complete household; 3. Strangers within the gates; 4. Loyal and loving slaves; 5. The blacks' best and most faithful friend; 6. Guardians of a helpless race; 7. Devotion unto death. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Slaveholders were preoccupied with presenting slavery as a benign, paternalistic institution in which the planter took care of his family and slaves were content with their fate. In this book, Eugene D. Genovese |
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