Plain Folk, Planters, and the Complexities of Southern Society - A Case Study of Browns, Sherrods, Mannings, Sprowls, Williamses of

Uses the story of one particular extended family network—the Browns, Sherrods, Mannings, Sprowls, and Williamses—to illustrate the powerful influence of kinship ties as a force mitigating lines of class distinction in the nineteenth-century American South. It traces each family's story from its earliest appearance in the historical record to the convergence of the family network, first taking shape in northeast Alabama and eventually reaching full-blown form in northwest Louisiana.

About the author

Ricky Sherrod is the social studies department chair at Stephenville High School in Stephenville, Texas, USA. He teaches advanced placement American history, world history, as well as dual credit American history through Ranger College, USA. He is the great-great-great grandson of William and Mary Brown, the two central subjects of his publication Plain Folk, Planters, and the Complexities of Southern Society.

Product details

• Authors: Ricky L. Sherrod
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 22
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.2014
• EAN: 9781622880522
• ISBN: 978-1-62288-052-2
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous