Slavery, Secession, and Southern History
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (864 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813919525 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 229 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorRobert L. Ferleger is Professor of History at Boston University.. Paquette is Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History at Hamilton College. Louis A
Interesting Essays The essays in this book are consistently interesting and thoroughly researched. The writers are some of the finest active historians of the American South. I particularly recommend Robert Paquette's article on slave drivers and Eugene Genovese's interview in Appendix A. I also liked Clyde Wilson's analysis of John C. Calhoun's economic thought. Calhoun's d. "An outstanding analysis & interpretation of Southern history" according to Midwest Book Review. Twelve scholars provide essays debating the cause of Civil War history and the relationships between slavery and master-slave relationships in the South in a title which revises and challenges central themes of Eugene Genovese's work on the subject. The result is Slavery, Secession, and Southern History, a new analysis and interpretation of Southern histor. Slavery, Secession, and Southern History A Customer If you are intrested in Slavery, Secession, and Southern History as am, this book is perfect fo you. Edited by the brillant Professor of Economics Louis Ferleger, this book is a collection of articles that discuss diffrent parts of th 19th century south. I think it is a great book every history buff should own, no collection is complete without it.
Paquette, Hamilton CollegeRichard H. Wilson, University of South Carolina. Reflecting interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives, the essays explore the problems of slavery and slave resistance; the origin of the task system in South Carolina; the economics of John C. For generations, Civil War historians have debated the causes of our great national conflict. Coclanis, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillDavid Brion Davis, Yale UniversityStanley L. Calhoun; the divergent mind of the Old South on states' rights; the revolutionary impact of the Civil War on gender, class, and race relations; Faulkner's misleading representation of southern health and physical well-being; and Mary Chesnut's treatments of African American women.The volume also contains as appendices an exhaustive compilation of Genovese's writings and a previously unpublished interview in which Genovese reflects on his own career as a historian and on the writing of history. Contributors: Douglas Ambrose, Hamilton CollegePeter A. Steckel, Ohio State UniversityClyde N. Ferleger, Boston UniversityRobert W. They have argued about the centrality of slavery to disunion, the nature of master-slave relations in the Old South, and the impact of the war on postbellum race relations, politics, and culture. Engerman, University of RochesterDrew Gilpin Faust, Unive
Paquette is Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History at Hamilton College. Louis A. Robert L. Ferleger is Professor of History at Boston University.