Becoming Southern: The Evolution of a Way of Life, Warren County and Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1770-1860
Mississippi represented the Old South and all that it stood forperhaps more so than any other state. Tracing its long histories of economic, social, and cultural evolution, Morris takes a close and richly detailed look at a representative Southern community: Jefferson Davis's Warren County, in the state's southwestern corner. Drawing on many wills, deeds, court records, and manuscript materials, he reveals the transformation of a loosely knit, typically Western community of pioneer homesteaders into a distinctly Southern society based on plantation agriculture, slavery, and a patriarchal social order.
"This thoughtful, well-written study doubtless will be widely read and deservedly influential."American Historical Review.
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"This thoughtful, well-written study doubtless will be widely read and deservedly influential."American Historical Review.
Becoming Southern: The Evolution of a Way of Life, Warren County and Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1770-1860
Mississippi represented the Old South and all that it stood forperhaps more so than any other state. Tracing its long histories of economic, social, and cultural evolution, Morris takes a close and richly detailed look at a representative Southern community: Jefferson Davis's Warren County, in the state's southwestern corner. Drawing on many wills, deeds, court records, and manuscript materials, he reveals the transformation of a loosely knit, typically Western community of pioneer homesteaders into a distinctly Southern society based on plantation agriculture, slavery, and a patriarchal social order.
"This thoughtful, well-written study doubtless will be widely read and deservedly influential."American Historical Review.
"This thoughtful, well-written study doubtless will be widely read and deservedly influential."American Historical Review.
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ISBN-13: | 9780195083668 |
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Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Publication date: | 05/04/1995 |
Pages: | 288 |
Product dimensions: | 6.32(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.00(d) |
Lexile: | 1420L (what's this?) |
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