The Shaping of Southern Culture: Honor, Grace, and War, 1760s-1890s

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UNC Press Books, 2001 - History - 412 pages
Extending his investigation into the ethical life of the white American South beyond what he wrote in Southern Honor (1982), Bertram Wyatt-Brown explores three major themes in southern history: the political aspects of the South's code of honor, th
 

Contents

DIGNITY DECEPTION AND IDENTITY IN THE MALE SLAVE EXPERIENCE
3
HONOR DREAD OF ENSLAVEMENT AND REVOLUTIONARY RHETORIC
31
ANDREW JACKSONS HONOR
56
RELIGION AND THE UNCHURCHED IN THE OLD SOUTH
83
PARADOX SHAME AND GRACE IN THE BACKCOUNTRY
106
MODERNIZING SLAVEOWNING RHETORIC
136
CHURCH HONOR AND DISUNIONISM
154
SHAMEFUL SUBMISSION AND HONORABLE SECESSION
177
DEATH OF A NATION
230
HONOR CHASTENED
255
HONOR REDEEMED IN BLOOD
270
RECENT HISTORIOGRAPHY ON HONOR
296
NOTES
305
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
397
INDEX
401
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INNOCENCE WAR AND HORROR
203

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About the author (2001)

Bertram Wyatt-Brown is Richard J. Milbauer Professor of History at the University of Florida. His books include Southern Honor: Ethics and Behavior in the Old South and The House of Percy: Honor, Melancholy, and Imagination in a Southern Family.

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