South by Southwest Planter Emigration and Identity in the Slave South |
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| Author:
| Miller, James D. |
| Series title: | The American South Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-2117-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2002 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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In bringing together these two spheres of inquiry, Miller examines the diverse geographical, cultural, and intellectual meanings that elite southerners gave to their private and public journeys and what those meanings reveal about their broader attitudes regarding the people and places of slaveholding society.
In bringing together these two spheres of inquiry, Miller examines the diverse geographical, cultural, and intellectual meanings that elite southerners gave to their private and public journeys and what those meanings reveal about their broader attitudes regarding the people and places of slaveholding society.