| Description |
viii, 252 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Evangelicalism and the proslavery argument: the Reverend Thornton Stringfellow of Virginia -- The rhetoric and ritual of agriculture in Antebellum South Carolina -- Culture, conflict, and community: the meaning of power on an Antebellum plantation -- The proslavery argument in history -- Christian soldiers: the meaning of revivalism in the Confederate Army -- Altars of sacrifice: Confederate women and the narratives of war -- In search of the real Mary Chesnut --Race, gender, and Confederate nationalism: William D. Washington's Burial of Latane -- A war story for Confederate women: Augusta Jane Evans's Macaria -- "Trying to do a man's business": gender, violence, and slave management in Civil War Texas. |
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Slaveholders -- Southern States.
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Slavery -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Slavery -- Southern States.
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Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865.
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Confederate States of America -- History.
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| ISBN |
0826208657 |
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