Poor whites of the antebellum South: tenants and laborers in central North Carolina and northeast Mississippi

A window into the world of Antebellum poor whites : the story of Edward Isham -- "A third class of white people" : poor whites in North Carolina's central Piedmont -- A troubling presence : white poverty in a slave society -- Poverty moves West : the migration of poor whites to the ol...

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1. Verfasser: Bolton, Charles C. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Durham Duke University Press 1994
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Zusammenfassung:A window into the world of Antebellum poor whites : the story of Edward Isham -- "A third class of white people" : poor whites in North Carolina's central Piedmont -- A troubling presence : white poverty in a slave society -- Poverty moves West : the migration of poor whites to the old Southwest -- Poor whites in the cotton South : Northeast Mississippi -- Electoral politics and the popular presence : the political world of the Antebellum South -- Electoral politics versus the popular presence : the secession crisis in North Carolina -- Electoral politics versus the popular presence : the secession crisis in Mississippi -- Epilogue : Poor whites and the "New South"
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-250) and index. - Description based on print version record
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (x, 258 pages) illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780822397632
0822397633