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Author:

Glymph, Thavolia, 1951-

Title:

Out of the house of bondage : the transformation of the plantation household / Thavolia Glymph.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xiii, 279 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Plantation life--Southern States--History--19th century.
Women slaves--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.
African American women--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.
Plantation owners' spouses--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.
Women, White--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.
Social distance--History--19th century.
Households--Southern States--History--19th century.
Patriarchy--Southern States--History--19th century.
Southern States--Social life and customs--1775-1865.
Southern States--History--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-263) and index.

Contents:

Gender of violence -- "Beyond the limits of decency": women in slavery -- Making "better girls": mistresses, slave women, and the claims of domesticity -- "Nothing but deception in them": the war within -- Out of the house of bondage: a sundering of ties, 1865-1866 -- "Makeshift kind of life": free women and free homes -- "Wild notions of right and wrong": from the plantation household to the wilder world.

ISBN:

0521703980 (pbk.)
9780521703987 (pbk.)
0521879019 (hbk.)
9780521879019 (hbk.)

LCCN:

2007017918

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)