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,...
| Основен автор: | Wells, Jonathan Daniel, 1969- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
℗♭2004.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=144585 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Origins of the southern middle class, 1800-1861. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xv, 321 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-298) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0807876291 9780807876299 |