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Becoming Southern : the Evolution of a Way of Life, Warren County and Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1770-1860

Introduction: The Evolution of Old South Civilization. 1. Pioneers of the Loosa Chitto. 2. Economic Transformation and the Rise of the Planters' World. 3. Relations Within the Households: White Families. 4. Households Within Households: Masters and Slaves. 5. Brothers and Neighbors: The Politics of Patriarchy. 6. Hamlets and Towns: The Urban Process. 7. A Place Apart from the Countryside: The City of Vicksburg. 8. Organizing a County Community: Neighborhoods, Parties, and the Politics of Development. 9. A Cotton County Comes of Age. 10. An End and a Beginning

eBook, English, 1999
Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, 1999