ISBN:
0511994753
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1139161601
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9780511994753
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9781139161602
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (252 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Genovese, Eugene D Fatal Self-Deception : Slaveholding Paternalism in the Old South
DDC:
306.3/620975
Keywords:
Plantation owners History 19th century
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Paternalism History 19th century
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Slaves Social conditions 19th century
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Plantation workers History 19th century
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Whites Social conditions 19th century
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Slavery History 19th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Slavery
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Paternalism
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Plantation owners
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Plantation workers
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Slavery
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Slaves ; Social conditions
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Whites ; Social conditions
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History
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Southern States
Abstract:
3 Strangers within the GatesSundry White Servants; Governesses and Tutors; Hired Laborers; Overseers and Their Families; 4 Loyal and Loving Slaves; Masterful Forbearance; Mutual Dependency and Manipulation; Souls; Grief and Money; Tests of Faith; Dangerous Wishes; 5 The Blacks' Best and Most Faithful Friend; A Stagnant Race; Black Incapacity; Black Thoughts, According to White Critics; Views of Emancipation; News from Africa; The Fate of the Indians; The Specter of Barbarism; 6 Guardians of a Helpless Race; Vindication from the Free States; Abolitionism Indicted for Racism.
Abstract:
Cover; Fatal Self-Deception Slaveholding Paternalism in the Old South; Advance Praise for Fatal Self-Deception; Title; Copyright; For Deborah Ann Symonds Gifted Scholar and Wonderful Friend and For her partner, Melissa Cano, and their children, Sarah and Sam; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Manuscript Collections; Introduction; 1 "Boisterous Passions"; Edmund Burke's Cautionary Tale; Morals; Apprehensive Parents; Young Gentlemen in Fields and Stores; Weighed in the Balances; 2 The Complete Household; Paternal Authority; Property in Man?; Household Problems; Slave Sales.
Abstract:
Discusses how slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized a romanticized version of life on the plantation
Abstract:
Persistent Fears of Black ExterminationWhite Recognition of Black Achievement; An Incongruity; 7 Devotion unto Death; Armed Slaves: Friends or Foes?; Concern for White Women; Mounting Crises; Body Servants in War and Propaganda; The Confederacy Opts for Black Troops; Notes; Introduction; 1. "Boisterous Passions"; 2. The Complete Household; 3. Strangers within the Gates; 4. Loyal and Loving Slaves; 5. The Blacks' Best and Most Faithful Friend; 6. Guardians of a Helpless Race; 7. Devotion unto Death; Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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