The Old South's modern worlds :: slavery, region, and nation in the age of progress /

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...

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Weitere Verfasser: Barnes, L. Diane, Schoen, Brian, Towers, Frank
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 331 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199840960
0199840962