Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
In My Father's House Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina
Orville Vernon Burton
€ 66.30
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for In My Father's House Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina
paperback. In My Father's House Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina Num Pages: 501 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
Burton traces the evolution of Edgefield County from the antebellum period through Reconstruction and beyond. From amassed information on every household in this large rural community, he tests the many generalizations about southern black and white families of this period and finds that they were strikingly similar. Wealth, rather than race or class, was the main factor that influenced family structure, and the matriarchal family was but a myth.
Burton traces the evolution of Edgefield County from the antebellum period through Reconstruction and beyond. From amassed information on every household in this large rural community, he tests the many generalizations about southern black and white families of this period and finds that they were strikingly similar. Wealth, rather than race or class, was the main factor that influenced family structure, and the matriarchal family was but a myth.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
501
Condition
New
Number of Pages
501
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807841839
SKU
V9780807841839
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Orville Vernon Burton
Orville Vernon Burton is professor of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His books include ""A Gentleman and an Officer"": A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War.
Reviews for In My Father's House Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina