The Resource The sweetness of life : southern planters at home, Eugene D. Genovese ; edited by Douglas Ambrose
The sweetness of life : southern planters at home, Eugene D. Genovese ; edited by Douglas Ambrose
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- Summary
- This book examines the home and leisure life of planters in the antebellum American South. Based on a lifetime of research by the late Eugene Genovese (1930-2012), with an introduction and epilogue by Douglas Ambrose, The Sweetness of Life presents a penetrating study of slaveholders and their families in both intimate and domestic settings: at home; attending the theatre; going on vacations to spas and springs; throwing parties; hunting; gambling; drinking and entertaining guests, completing a comprehensive portrait of the slaveholders and the world that they built with slaves. Genovese subtly but powerfully demonstrates how much politics, economics, and religion shaped, informed, and made possible these leisure activities. A fascinating investigation of a little-studied aspect of planter life, The Sweetness of Life broadens our understanding of the world that the slaveholders and their slaves made; a tragic world of both 'sweetness' and slavery
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxxii, 275 pages
- Isbn
- 9781316502891
- Label
- The sweetness of life : southern planters at home
- Title
- The sweetness of life
- Title remainder
- southern planters at home
- Statement of responsibility
- Eugene D. Genovese ; edited by Douglas Ambrose
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book examines the home and leisure life of planters in the antebellum American South. Based on a lifetime of research by the late Eugene Genovese (1930-2012), with an introduction and epilogue by Douglas Ambrose, The Sweetness of Life presents a penetrating study of slaveholders and their families in both intimate and domestic settings: at home; attending the theatre; going on vacations to spas and springs; throwing parties; hunting; gambling; drinking and entertaining guests, completing a comprehensive portrait of the slaveholders and the world that they built with slaves. Genovese subtly but powerfully demonstrates how much politics, economics, and religion shaped, informed, and made possible these leisure activities. A fascinating investigation of a little-studied aspect of planter life, The Sweetness of Life broadens our understanding of the world that the slaveholders and their slaves made; a tragic world of both 'sweetness' and slavery
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1930-2012,
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Genovese, Eugene D.
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Ambrose, Douglas
- Series statement
- Cambridge studies on the American South
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Plantations
- Southern States
- Manners and customs
- Plantations
- Southern States
- Label
- The sweetness of life : southern planters at home, Eugene D. Genovese ; edited by Douglas Ambrose
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 988165436
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xxxii, 275 pages
- Isbn
- 9781316502891
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)988165436
- Label
- The sweetness of life : southern planters at home, Eugene D. Genovese ; edited by Douglas Ambrose
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 988165436
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xxxii, 275 pages
- Isbn
- 9781316502891
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)988165436
Subject
- Plantations
- Plantations -- Southern States -- History -- 18th century
- Southern States
- Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1865
- Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1865
- 1700-1865
- History
- Plantations -- Southern States -- History -- 18th century
- Manners and customs
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