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UNINA9910820714203321 |
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Autore |
Stevenson Brenda E |
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Titolo |
Life in black and white : family and community in the slave South / / Brenda E. Stevenson |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-992364-7 |
0-19-802556-4 |
1-60256-252-0 |
0-19-511803-0 |
1-280-47103-4 |
1-4237-3899-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (490 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Families - Virginia - Loudoun County - History - 19th century |
Slavery - Virginia - Loudoun County - History - 19th century |
Loudoun County (Va.) Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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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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Contents; 1. The White Community: Patterns of Settlement, Development, and Conflict; 2. Gender Convention and Courtship; 3. Marriage, for Better or for Worse; 4. Parenting; 5. Broken Vows and ""Notorious"" Endings: Divorce; 6. The Nature of Loudoun Slavery; 7. Slave Family Structure; 8. Slave Marriage and Family Relations; 9. Free Blacks; 10. Free Black Family and Household Economy; Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Life in the old South has always fascinated Americans--whether in the mythical portrayals of the planter elite from fiction such as Gone With the Wind or in historical studies that look inside the slave cabin. Now Brenda E. Stevenson presents a reality far more gripping than popular legend, even as she challenges the conventional wisdom of academic historians. Life in Black and White provides a panoramic portrait of family and community life in and around Loudoun County, Virginia--weaving the fascinating personal stories of planters and slaves, of free blacks and poor-to-middling whites, into |
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