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James Henry Hammond and the Old South : A Design for Mastery
From his birth in 1807 to his death in 1864 as Sherman's troops marched in triumph toward South Carolina, James Henry Hammond witnessed the rise and fall of the cotton kingdom of the Old South. Planter, politician, and partisan of slavery, Hammond built a career for himself that in its breadth...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baton Rouge :
LSU Press,
1985.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I To Be Great Among Men
- Chapter 1 A Father's Pride and Ornament
- Chapter 2 Ways and Means
- Chapter 3 We Are with the South
- Chapter 4 A Means of Extrication
- Part II My Little Kingdom: The World of the Plantation
- Chapter 5 In Search of Despotic Sway: Hammond as a Master of Slaves
- Chapter 6 Our Farms Will Be Our Factories: The Planter as Agricultural Entrepreneur
- Part III The Hazards of Power
- Chapter 7 A More Elevated Ambition.
- Chapter 8 Anticipations of Greatness
- Chapter 9 Magnificent Intentions
- Chapter 10 A Slaveowner in a Free Society
- Chapter 11 The Sound of the Trumpet
- Chapter 12 The Crisis of My Fate
- Part IV In a Different Sphere
- Chapter 13 A More Virtuous Energy: Hammond and the Works of Mind
- Chapter 14 To Enlighten and Warn the South
- Part V The Irony of Success
- Chapter 15 A Predominant Family of Our Name
- Chapter 16 The Violation of Order
- Chapter 17 The Time to Die
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Charts and Tables
- Bibliographical Essay
- Index.