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03404aam a22004454a 4500 001 3FB017DA36A511E18647CC926AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120104010447 008 110218s2011 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2011006212 020 $a 1107605024 (paperback) 020 $a 9781107605022 (paperback) 020 $a 1107011647 (hardback) 020 $a 9781107011649 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)703871020 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d UKMGB $d BWX $d TLE $d IG# $d IUL $d CDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-usu-- 050 00 $a E441 $b .G39 2011 082 00 $a 306.3/620975 $2 22 100 1 $a Genovese, Eugene D., $d 1930- 245 1 $a Fatal self-deception : $b slaveholding paternalism in the Old South / $c Eugene D. Genovese, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese. 260 $a Cambridge ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2011. 300 $a xvii, 232 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-210) and index. 505 0 $a 1. 'Boisterous passions' -- 2. The complete household -- 3. Strangers within the gates -- 4. Loyal and loving slaves -- 5. The blacks' best and most faithful friend -- 6. Guardians of a helpless race -- 7. Devotion unto death. 520 $a "Slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized a romanticized version of plantation life. However, masters' relations with white plantation laborers and servants remains a largely unstudied subject. Southerners drew on the work of British and European socialists to conclude that all labor, white and black, suffered de facto slavery, and they championed the South's 'Christian slavery' as the most humane and compassionate of social systems, ancient and modern"--Provided by publisher. 520 $a "Slaveholders were preoccupied with presenting slavery as a benign, paternalistic institution in which the planter took care of his family, and slaves were content with their fate. In this book, Eugene D. Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese discuss how slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized this romanticized version of life on the plantation. Slaveholders' paternalism had little to do with ostensible benevolence, kindness, and good cheer. It grew out of the necessity to discipline and morally justify a system of exploitation. At the same time, this book also advocates the examination of masters' relations with white plantation laborers and servants, a largely unstudied subject. Southerners drew on the work of British and European socialists to conclude that all labor, white and black, suffered de facto slavery, and they championed the South's 'Christian slavery' as the most humane and compassionate of social systems, ancient and modern"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Slavery $z Southern States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Plantation owners $z Southern States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Paternalism $z Southern States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Slaves $z Southern States $x Social conditions $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Plantation workers $z Southern States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Whites $z Southern States $x Social conditions $y 19th century. 700 1 $a Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth, $d 1941-2007. 941 $a 3 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724070531.0 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525040741.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20120704011624.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3FB017DA36A511E18647CC926AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search