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BL
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839279
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Genovese, Eugene D.
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Fatal Self-Deception : : Slaveholding Paternalism in the Old South.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge :: Cambridge University Press,, 2011.
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1 online resource (252 pages)
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0511994753
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: 1107011647
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: 1139161601
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: 9780511994753
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: 9781107011649
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: 9781139157797
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: 9781139159555
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: 9781139161602
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1107605024
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9781107605022
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Fatal Self-Deception Slaveholding Paternalism in the Old South; Advance Praise for Fatal Self-Deception; Title; Copyright; For Deborah Ann Symonds Gifted Scholar and Wonderful Friend and For her partner, Melissa Cano, and their children, Sarah and Sam; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Manuscript Collections; Introduction; 1 "Boisterous Passions"; Edmund Burke's Cautionary Tale; Morals; Apprehensive Parents; Young Gentlemen in Fields and Stores; Weighed in the Balances; 2 The Complete Household; Paternal Authority; Property in Man?; Household Problems; Slave Sales.
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3 Strangers within the GatesSundry White Servants; Governesses and Tutors; Hired Laborers; Overseers and Their Families; 4 Loyal and Loving Slaves; Masterful Forbearance; Mutual Dependency and Manipulation; Souls; Grief and Money; Tests of Faith; Dangerous Wishes; 5 The Blacks' Best and Most Faithful Friend; A Stagnant Race; Black Incapacity; Black Thoughts, According to White Critics; Views of Emancipation; News from Africa; The Fate of the Indians; The Specter of Barbarism; 6 Guardians of a Helpless Race; Vindication from the Free States; Abolitionism Indicted for Racism.
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Persistent Fears of Black ExterminationWhite Recognition of Black Achievement; An Incongruity; 7 Devotion unto Death; Armed Slaves: Friends or Foes?; Concern for White Women; Mounting Crises; Body Servants in War and Propaganda; The Confederacy Opts for Black Troops; Notes; Introduction; 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; Index.
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| Abstract
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Discusses how slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized a romanticized version of life on the plantation.
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Paternalism-- Southern States-- History-- 19th century.
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Plantation owners-- Southern States-- History-- 19th century.
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Plantation workers-- Southern States-- History-- 19th century.
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Slavery-- Southern States-- History-- 19th century.
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Slaves-- Southern States-- Social conditions-- 19th century.
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Whites-- Southern States-- Social conditions-- 19th century.
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Paternalism.
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Plantation owners.
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Plantation workers.
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Slavery.
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Slaves-- Social conditions.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Slavery.
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Whites-- Social conditions.
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Southern States.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.3/620975306.3620975
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E441 .G39 2011
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| Added Entry
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Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth.
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