| Description |
xviii, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Southern dissent
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Southern dissent.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-265) and index. |
| Contents |
The Foundation of Our Rights? Emancipation, Marriage, and African-American Households -- Locating Authority: Planter Women and the Shattering -- of the Plantation Household -- The Perversion of Defeat: The Crisis of White Manhood -- Husbands, Wives, and Sweethearts: Gender Relations within African-American Households -- Rights and Obligations: Marriage, Alternative Households, and the Reconstruction of Plantation Labor -- Going to Court and Claiming Citizenship: Property, Patriarchy, and Alternative Households -- Legislating Rights: Citizens, "Legal Voters," and the Boundaries of the Household. |
| Subject |
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) |
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Delta (Miss. : Region) -- Race relations.
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Delta (Miss. : Region) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Plantation life -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region)
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Plantation life. |
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Mississippi -- Delta (Region) |
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Households -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region) -- History -- 19th century.
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Households. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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White people -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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White people. |
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Social conditions. |
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African Americans -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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African Americans. |
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Sex role -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region) -- History -- 19th century.
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Sex role. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence.
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region)
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Vie dans les plantations -- Mississippi -- Delta, Région du. |
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Ménages (Statistique) -- Mississippi -- Delta, Région du -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. |
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Blancs -- Mississippi -- Delta, Région du -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle. |
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Noirs américains -- Mississippi -- Delta, Région du -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle. |
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Rôle selon le sexe -- Mississippi -- Delta, Région du -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. |
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Delta, Région du (Mississ.) -- Histoire -- 1865-1877 (Reconstruction) |
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Delta, Région du (Mississ.) -- Relations raciales. |
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Delta, Région du (Mississ.) -- Conditions sociales -- 19e siècle. |
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États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Aspect social. |
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États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Influence. |
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Gender roles. |
| ISBN |
0813025915 acid-free paper |
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