The Old South's modern worlds : 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
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xv, 331 p. : ill
• 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
• Altri autori: BarnesL. Diane SchoenBrian TowersFrank
• 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: Bringing together original scholarly essays, The Old South's Modern Worlds deprovincializes the antebellum South, revealing a diverse region both shaped by and contributing to the complex modern developments that were transforming the nineteenth-century world.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Old South's modern worlds
• ISBN: 0-19-984096-2; 9786613098290; 1-283-09829-6; 0-19-984101-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815084603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II