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Informationen zum Autor Lynnfred Smith is a new author who is fascinated with history and science fiction. In 2019, while working for a well-known airline, Lynnfred found himself drawn to write books because of significant present day events which affects our lives daily. He wrote the book Narratives: The Continuing Generational Pandemic in August 2020 to introduce the public to the Ma'riine 4 book series beginning with his new novel Ma'riine: Extinction Level Event 6 (The Medusa Syndrome). Klappentext This collection of primary documents and previously published essays introduces students to the principal themes in recent scholarship on the social and cultural history of the Old South. The twelve essays cover a variety of topics including the relative modernity of the Old South, the proslavery defense of servitude, gender relations, southern honor and violence, the slave trade, the slaves' economy and community, and the histories of southern women - both black and white. The documents - including court cases, personal letters, diaries, travel accounts, newspaper stories, advertisements, and slave narratives - have been drawn directly from the essay sources in order to illustrate how historians construct arguments. Smith provides a detailed main introduction to the collection to help students situate the readings and documents within the larger context of the antebellum South. In addition, there are brief introductions to each document and essay, study questions, suggestions for further reading, a map, and a chronology of significant events. Zusammenfassung This edited collection of primary documents and previously published essays introduces students to the principal themes in recent scholarship on the social and cultural history of the Old South. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements. Map: The Old South in 1860. Chronology. Introduction. Part I: A Modern Old South. Introduction to Documents and Essays. 1. An "Old" Old South. Sketches of the South Santee! 1797-1798. A Georgia Planter on the Classical South! 1835. A Georgia Planter Bemoans the Cost of Slavery! 1846. An "Old" Old South. (Raimondo Luraghi) 2. An Old South by the Clock. The Importance of "Early Rising!" 1851. Clock Time and Southern Railroads! 1834. Plantation Time! 1851. Timing Slave Labor by the Watch! 1843. Plantation Time from a Slave's Perspective! 1847. An Old South by the Clock. (Mark M. Smith) Study Questions and Further Reading. Part II: Southern Honor! Southern Violence. Introduction to Documents and Essays. 3. The Appearance of Honor and the Honor of Appearance. Affronts to Honor in a Southern Newspaper! 1843. Public Accusations of Falsehood! 1833. Codes of Honor and Dueling! 1858. The Appearance of Honor and the Honor of Appearance. (Kenneth S. Greenberg) 4. Poor! Violent Men in a Premodern World. A Traveller's Comments on the "Barbarity" of the Southern Frontier! 1816.A Traveller Observes Techniques of Fighting. 1807. "Tall talk" Among Ruffians! 1843. Poor! Violent Men in a Premodern World. (Elliot J. Gorn) Study Questions and Further Reading. Part III: Constructing And Defending Slavery. Introduction to Documents and Essays. 5. Slavery Ordained of God. Frederick Law Olmstead Recounts Impressions of a Religious Meeting! 1856. James Henley Thornwell's Defense of Slavery! 1860. Slavery Ordained of God. (Elizabeth Fox-Genovese and Eugene D. Genovese) 6. Proslavery! Gender! and the Southern Yeomen. James Henley Thornwell Associates Slavery and Gender Relations! 1852. John L. Manning's Letter to his Wife! 1860. George Howe Justifies the Subordination of Women! 1850. Proslavery! Gender! and the Southern Yeomen. (Stephanie McCurry) Study Questions and Further Reading. Part IV: Communities! Cultures! and Economies: Lives of the Enslaved. Introduction to Documents and Essays 7. Benefits of the Lowcountry Slaves' Economy. Charles Manigault's Plantation Journal! 1844. A South Carolina Rice Planter on the Slave...
