A family venture : men and women on the southern frontier / Joan E. Cashin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cashin, Joan E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plantation life--Southern States--History--19th century.

Plantation life.

Plantation owners--Southern States--History--19th century.

Plantation owners.

Frontier and pioneer life--Southern States.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Migration, Internal--Southern States--History--19th century.

Migration, Internal.

Southern States--History--1775-1865.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is about the different ways that men and women experienced migration from the Southern seaboard to the antebellum Southern frontier. Based upon extensive research in planter family papers, Cashin studies how the sexes went to the frontier with diverging agendas: men tried to escapethe family, while women tried to preserve it. On the frontier, men usually settled far from relatives, leaving women lonely and disoriented in a strange environment. As kinship networks broke down, sex roles changed, and relations between men and women became more inequitable. Migration also changedrace rel

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Ties of Nature: The Planter Family in the Seaboard; 2. In Search of Manly Independence: The Migration Decision; 3. A New World: Journey and Settlement; 4. A Little More of This World's Goods: Family, Kinship, and Economics; 5. To Live Like Fighting Cocks: Independence, Sex Roles, and Slavery; Conclusion; A Note on the Tables; Tables; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; V; W; Illustrations

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-536385-X

1-60129-695-9

1-280-44037-6

1-4237-6376-9

OCLC:

437173038