| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 314 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The impending collapse of capitalism -- Hewers of wood, drawers of water -- Travelers to the South, Southerners abroad -- The squaring of circles -- The appeal to social theory -- Perceptions and realities. |
| Summary |
Southern slaveholders proudly pronounced themselves orthodox Christians, who accepted responsibility for the welfare of the people who worked for them. They proclaimed that their slaves enjoyed a better and more secure life than any laboring class in the world. Now, did it not follow that the lives of laborers of all races across the world would be immeasurably improved by their enslavement? In the Old South but in no other slave society a doctrine emerged among leading clergymen, politicians, and intellectuals -- "Slavery in the Abstract," which declared enslavement the best possible condition for all labor regardless of race. They joined the Socialists, whom they studied, in believing that the free-labor system, wracked by worsening class warfare, was collapsing. A vital question: to what extent did the people of the several social classes of the South accept so extreme a doctrine? That question lies at the heart of this book. - Publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
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Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Southern States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Slavery. |
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Slavery -- Southern States -- Justification.
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Justification (Christian theology) |
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Slavery and the church -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
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Slavery and the church. |
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Working class -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Working class. |
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United States. |
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Social conditions. |
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Labor -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Labor. |
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Industrialization -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Industrialization -- Social aspects. |
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Capitalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Capitalism. |
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Southern States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Genovese, Eugene D., 1930-2012.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth, 1941-2007. Slavery in White and Black. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521897006 (DLC) 2008007065 (OCoLC)192134517 |
| ISBN |
9780511815416 (electronic book) |
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0511815417 (electronic book) |
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051143801X (electronic book) |
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9780511438011 (electronic book) |
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9780511438684 (electronic book) |
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0511438680 (electronic book) |
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6611903925 |
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9786611903923 |
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9780521897006 |
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0521897009 |
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9780521721813 |
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0521721814 |
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