Fatal self-deception slaveholding paternalism in the Old South /
Genovese, Eugene D., 1930-2012.
Fatal self-deception slaveholding paternalism in the Old South / [electronic resource] : Eugene D. Genovese, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - xvii, 232 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. 'Boisterous passions'; 2. The complete household; 3. Strangers within the gates; 4. Loyal and loving slaves; 5. The blacks' best and most faithful friend; 6. Guardians of a helpless race; 7. Devotion unto death.
"Slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized a romanticized version of plantation life. However, masters' relations with white plantation laborers and servants remains a largely unstudied subject. Southerners drew on the work of British and European socialists to conclude that all labor, white and black, suffered de facto slavery, and they championed the South's 'Christian slavery' as the most humane and compassionate of social systems, ancient and modern"--
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781139157797 (electronic bk.)
Slavery--History--Southern States--19th century.
Plantation owners--History--Southern States--19th century.
Paternalism--History--Southern States--19th century.
Slaves--Social conditions--Southern States--19th century.
Plantation workers--History--Southern States--19th century.
Whites--Social conditions--Southern States--19th century.
Electronic books.
E441 / .G39 2011
306.3/620975
Fatal self-deception slaveholding paternalism in the Old South / [electronic resource] : Eugene D. Genovese, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - xvii, 232 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. 'Boisterous passions'; 2. The complete household; 3. Strangers within the gates; 4. Loyal and loving slaves; 5. The blacks' best and most faithful friend; 6. Guardians of a helpless race; 7. Devotion unto death.
"Slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized a romanticized version of plantation life. However, masters' relations with white plantation laborers and servants remains a largely unstudied subject. Southerners drew on the work of British and European socialists to conclude that all labor, white and black, suffered de facto slavery, and they championed the South's 'Christian slavery' as the most humane and compassionate of social systems, ancient and modern"--
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781139157797 (electronic bk.)
Slavery--History--Southern States--19th century.
Plantation owners--History--Southern States--19th century.
Paternalism--History--Southern States--19th century.
Slaves--Social conditions--Southern States--19th century.
Plantation workers--History--Southern States--19th century.
Whites--Social conditions--Southern States--19th century.
Electronic books.
E441 / .G39 2011
306.3/620975