The 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 Towers

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (348 p.)
• Disciplina: 975
• Soggetto topico: Slavery - Southern States - Historiography; Regionalism - Southern States - Historiography
• Soggetto geografico: Southern States Historiography; Southern States History 1775-1865 Historiography; Southern States History Study and teaching
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BarnesL. Diane SchoenBrian TowersFrank
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 exa
• Titolo autorizzato: The Old South's modern worlds
• ISBN: 0-19-984101-2; 1-283-09829-6; 9786613098290; 0-19-984096-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465466103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II