Honor and Violence in the Old South |
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| Author:
| Wyatt-Brown, Bertram |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-504241-2 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1986 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $38.00 |
Book Description:
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Hailed as a classic by reviewers and historians, Honor and Violence in the Old South is the first major reinterpreta- tion of southern life since W.J. Cash's The Mind of the South. It explores the meaning and expression of the ancient code of honor as whites--both slaveholders and non-slaveholders--applied it to their lives. Wyatt-Brown argues persuasively that southern ethical habits and traditions are the basis of regional distinctiveness and helped to perpetuate and justify the...
More DescriptionHailed as a classic by reviewers and historians, Honor and Violence in the Old South is the first major reinterpreta- tion of southern life since W.J. Cash's The Mind of the South. It explores the meaning and expression of the ancient code of honor as whites--both slaveholders and non-slaveholders--applied it to their lives. Wyatt-Brown argues persuasively that southern ethical habits and traditions are the basis of regional distinctiveness and helped to perpetuate and justify the South's most cherished peculiarity: the institution of slavery.