Fatal self-deception. [elektronicky zdroj] : slaveholding paternalism in the Old South.
| Autor: | Genovese, Eugene D., 1930-2012 |
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| Další autoři: |
Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth, 1941-2007
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Informace o vydání: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. |
| Předmět: |
Slavery -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
Plantation owners -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century Paternalism -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century Slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century Plantation workers -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century Whites -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century Electronic books |
| Druh dokumentu: | Bibliographies; Electronic; Non-fiction; Electronic document |
| Abstrakt: | Summary: "Slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized a romanticized version of plantation life. However, masters' relations with white plantation laborers and servants remains a largely unstudied subject. Southerners drew on the work of British and European socialists to conclude that all labor, white and black, suffered de facto slavery, and they championed the South's 'Christian slavery' as the most humane and compassionate of social systems, ancient and modern"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Databáze: | Vybrané kolekce e-knih |
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