The Old South's Modern Worlds Slavery, Region, and Nation in the Age of Progress【電子書籍】

＜p＞The Old South has traditionally been portrayed as an insular and backward-looking society. ＜em＞The Old South's Modern Worlds＜/em＞ looks beyond this myth to identify some of the many ways that antebellum southerners were enmeshed in the modernizing trends of their time. The essays gathered in this volume not only tell unexpected narratives of the Old South, they also explore the compatibility of slavery-the defining feature of antebellum southern life-with cultural and material markers of modernity such as moral reform, cities, and industry. Considered as proponents of American manifest destiny, for example, antebellum southern politicians look more like nationalists and less like separatists. Though situated within distinct communities, Southerners'-white, black, and red-participated in and responded to movements global in scope and transformative in effect. The turmoil that changes in Asian and European agriculture wrought among southern staple producers shows the interconnections ．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る