Southern women : black and white in the Old South / Sally G. McMillen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McMillen, Sally G. (Sally Gregory), 1944- author.

Series:

American history series (Arlington Heights, Ill.)

THEi Wiley ebooks.

American History Series

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women, Black--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.

Women, Black.

Women, Black--Southern States--History--19th century.

Women, White--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.

Women, White.

Women, White--Southern States--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey ; Malden, Massachusetts : Wiley Blackwell, 2018.

System Details:

Access using campus network via VPN at home (THEi Users Only).

Summary:

The third edition of Southern Women relays the historical narrative of both black and white women in the patriarchal South. Covering primarily the years between 1800 and 1865, it shows the strengths and varied experiences of these women-on plantations, small farms, in towns and cities, in the Deep South, the Upper South, and the mountain South. It offers fascinating information on family life, sexuality, and marriage; reproduction and childrearing; education and religion; women and work; and southern women and the Confederacy. Southern Women: Black and White in the Old South, Third Edition distills and incorporates recent scholarship by historians. It presents a well-written, more complicated, multi-layered picture of Southern women's lives than has ever been written about before-thanks to its treatment of current, relevant historiographical debates. The book also: * Includes new scholarship published since the second edition appeared * Pays more attention to women in the Deep South, especially the experiences of those living in Louisiana and Mississippi * Is part of the highly successful American History Series The third edition of Southern Women: Black and White in the Old South will serve as a welcome supplementary text in college or community-college-level survey courses in U.S., Women's, African-American, or Southern history. It will also be useful as a reference for graduate seminars or colloquia.

Contents:

Family life, sexuality, and marriage

Reproduction and childrearing

Social concerns : education and religion

Women and work

Southern women and the Confederacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119147749

1119147743

9781119147732

1119147735

9781119415381

1119415381

OCLC:

1002694833