02934nam 2200661 a 450 991046546610332120200520144314.00-19-984101-21-283-09829-697866130982900-19-984096-2(CKB)2560000000073363(EBL)689291(OCoLC)721195512(SSID)ssj0000524564(PQKBManifestationID)12185334(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524564(PQKBWorkID)10546783(PQKB)11423674(MiAaPQ)EBC689291(Au-PeEL)EBL689291(CaPaEBR)ebr10467521(CaONFJC)MIL309829(EXLCZ)99256000000007336320100805d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Old South's modern worlds[electronic resource] slavery, region, and nation in the age of progress /edited by L. Diane Barnes, Brian Schoen, and Frank TowersOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20111 online resource (348 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-538402-4 0-19-538401-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. The South in a world of nations -- pt. 2. Slavery in a modernizing society -- pt. 3. Material progress and its discontents -- pt. 4. The blurred boundaries of Southern culture -- pt. 5. The long view of the Old South.The Old South has traditionally been portrayed as an insular and backward-looking society. The Old South's Modern Worlds looks beyond this myth to identify some of the many ways that antebellum southerners were enmeshed in the modernizing trends of their time. The essays gathered in this volume not only tell unexpected narratives of the Old South, they also explore the compatibility of slavery-the defining feature of antebellum southern life-with cultural and material markers of modernity such as moral reform, cities, and industry. Considered as proponents of American manifest destiny, for exaSlaverySouthern StatesHistoriographyRegionalismSouthern StatesHistoriographySouthern StatesHistoriographySouthern StatesHistory1775-1865HistoriographySouthern StatesHistoryStudy and teachingElectronic books.SlaveryHistoriography.RegionalismHistoriography.975Barnes L. Diane847988Schoen Brian847989Towers Frank847990MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465466103321The Old South's modern worlds1893824UNINA