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The big house after slavery : Virginia plantation families and their postbellum domestic experiment / Amy Feely Morsman.

Author/creator Morsman, Amy Feely, 1972-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press,
Descriptionxii, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Plantation life--Virginia --History --19th century.
Plantation owners--Virginia --History --19th century.
Families--Virginia --History --19th century.
Social change--Virginia --History --19th century.
Man-woman relationships--Virginia --History --19th century.
Sex role--Virginia --History --19th century.
Marriage--Virginia --History --19th century.
Virginia--Social life and customs --19th century.
Virginia--Economic conditions --19th century.
Virginia--Politics and government --1865-1950.
Series A nation divided
Nation divided. ^A476341
Contents "By hard labour and close economy" : Virginia planters go to work -- Keeping up appearances : a crisis of status in Virginia's postwar plantation households -- "For our mutual protection and advancement" : planter families in Virginia's postbellum voluntary organizations -- Baring Virginia's bosom for political gain : politicians, manhood, and debt -- Abandoning the homestead : how the next generation embraced a new South.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009051916
ISBN9780813930039 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0813930030 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813930084 (e-book)
ISBN0813930081 (e-book)

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