The Origins of the Southern Middle Class, 1800-1861
Author | : Jonathan Daniel Wells |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2004 |
ISBN-10 | : 0807855537 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780807855539 |
Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Origins of the Southern Middle Class, 1800-1861 by : Jonathan Daniel Wells
Download or read book The Origins of the Southern Middle Class, 1800-1861 written by Jonathan Daniel Wells and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a fresh take on social dynamics in the antebellum South, Jonathan Daniel Wells contests the popular idea that the Old South was a region of essentially two classes (planters and slaves) until after the Civil War. He argues that, in fact, the region h