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Race unequals : overseer contracts, white masculinities, and the formation of managerial identity in the plantation economy / Teri A. McMurtry-Chubb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McMurtry-Chubb, Teri A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plantations--Economic aspects--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Plantations.
- Plantation overseers--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Plantation overseers.
- Plantations--Southern States--Management--History--19th century.
- White people--Race identity--Southern States--History--19th century.
- White people.
- Masculinity--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Masculinity.
- History.
- White people--Race identity.
- Management.
- Plantations--Economic aspects.
- Southern States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 125 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Notes
- Chapter 1: The Overseer, His Contracts, and His Contractual Relationships
- The Overseer
- His Contracts
- His Contractual Relationships
- Chapter 2: Profitable Planters, Industrious Overseers, Maintaining the Status Quo
- Profitable Planters
- Industrious Overseers
- Maintaining the Status Quo
- Chapter 3: "Pushing" Torture, Managing Violence, and Planter Regulation of Overseer Control
- "Pushing" Torture
- Managing Violence
- Planter Regulation of Overseer Control
- Notes
- Chapter 4: White Masculinities, Private Law, and the Battle for Social Control
- White Masculinities
- Private Law
- The Battle for Social Control
- Chapter 5: Immoral Men, Immoral Ends, Deference as Social Death
- Immoral Men
- Immoral Ends
- Deference as Social Death
- Epilogue: The "Lost Cause" and the Legacy of Plantation Management
- Bibliography
- Secondary Sources
- Primary Sources
- Index
- About the Author
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 25, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: McMurtry-Chubb, Teri A.. Race unequals
- ISBN:
- 9781498599078
- 1498599079
- Publisher Number:
- 40030549214
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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