This study of North Carolina planter families in the first half of the nineteenth century challenges many of the commonly held assumptions about the attitudes and actions of the pre-Civil War southern elite. Jane Turner Censer draws on an impressive array of primary and secondary sources to show that southern planters, at least in their relations with their children, were caring, affectionate, and surprisingly egalitarian. Bringing to light a wealth of previously unassimilated information, North Carolina Planters and Their Children points toward a new understanding of social and cultural life...
This study of North Carolina planter families in the first half of the nineteenth century challenges many of the commonly held assumptions about the a...
This impressively researched book tells the important but little-known story of elite southern white women's successful quest for a measure of self-reliance and independence between antebellum strictures and the restored patriarchy of Jim Crow. Profusely illustrated with the experiences of fascinating women in Virginia and North Carolina, it presents a compelling new chapter in the history of American women and of the South.
As were many ideas, notions of the ideal woman were in flux after the Civil War. While poverty added a harder edge to the search for a good marriage among some...
This impressively researched book tells the important but little-known story of elite southern white women's successful quest for a measure of self...
Sherwood Bonner Katherine Sherwood Bonner McDowell Jane Turner Censer
Originally published in 1878, this novel marked the emergence of a feminist critique of southern society. It follows the romance between a free-spirited, intellectual woman and a Union soldier, and broke new ground in its representation of a wife's duties and the inclusion of black characters.
Originally published in 1878, this novel marked the emergence of a feminist critique of southern society. It follows the romance between a free-spirit...
