The origins of the southern middle class, 1800-1861 /:

Jonathan Daniel Wells contests the popular idea that the Old South was a region of essentially two classes (planters and slaves) until after the Civil War. He argues that, in fact, the region had a burgeoning white middle class that had a profound impact on southern culture, the debate over slavery,...

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Main Author: Wells, Jonathan Daniel, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004.
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Online Access:DE-862
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Summary:Jonathan Daniel Wells contests the popular idea that the Old South was a region of essentially two classes (planters and slaves) until after the Civil War. He argues that, in fact, the region had a burgeoning white middle class that had a profound impact on southern culture, the debate over slavery, and the coming of the Civil War.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 321 pages :)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-298) and index.
ISBN:0807876291
9780807876299

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