The Shaping of Southern Culture: Honor, Grace, and War, 1760s-1890sExtending 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 |
INNOCENCE WAR AND HORROR | 203 |
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