Voices of the Old South - Eyewitness Accounts, 1528-1861

Informationen zum Autor Alan Gallay is the Warner Woodring Chair of Atlantic World and Early American History at Ohio State University, where he is also Director of the Center for Historical Research. His books include "The Formation of a Planter Elite" (Georgia) and "The Indian Slave Trade," winner of the 2003 Bancroft Prize. Klappentext Spanning the period from the earliest European expeditions to the eve of the Civil War! Voices of the Old South assembles a fascinating array of firsthand perspectives on the great events that shaped the region as well as its customs! attitudes! and commonplace occurrences. In his introduction! Gallay explains the diversity of his selections! contending that to identify common threads among particular groups is not enough: we must also understand how the common threads take different forms when they penetrate different subcultures. By allowing the reader to listen to the richly divergent voices of those who lived in or visited the Old South! this collection suggests some fruitful ways of reaching that understanding. Zusammenfassung Spanning the period from the earliest European expeditions to the eve of the Civil War! this book assembles a collection of first hand perspectives on the forces and experiences that defined the American south. Subjects include slavery! hospitality! religion and culture.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Gallay, Alan (Associate Professor of History Gallay
• Assisted by: Alan Gallay (Editor), Alan (Associate Professor of History Gallay (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.1995
• EAN: 9780820315669
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-1566-9
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, History - U.S., HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General