Unification of a Slave State: The Rise of the Planter Class in the South Carolina Backcountry, 1760-1808 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of ... ... and the University of North Carolina Press) - Tapa blanda

Klein, Rachel N.

 
9780807843697: Unification of a Slave State: The Rise of the Planter Class in the South Carolina Backcountry, 1760-1808 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of ... ... and the University of North Carolina Press)
Tapa blanda
ISBN 10: 0807843695 ISBN 13: 9780807843697
Editorial: Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press, 1992

Sinopsis

This book describes the turbulent transformation of South Carolina from a colony rent by sectional conflict into a state dominated by the South’s most unified and politically powerful planter leadership. Rachel Klein unravels the sources of conflict and growing unity, showing how a deep commitment to slavery enabled leaders from both low- and backcountry to define the terms of political and ideological compromise.

The spread of cotton into the backcountry, often invoked as the reason for South Carolina’s political unification, actually concluded a complex struggle for power and legitimacy. Beginning with the Regulator Uprising of the 1760s, Klein demonstrates how backcountry leaders both gained authority among yeoman constituents and assumed a powerful role within state government. By defining slavery as the natural extension of familial inequality, backcountry ministers strengthened the planter class. At the same time, evangelical religion, like the backcountry’s dominant political language, expressed yet contained the persisting tensions between planters and yeomen.

Klein weaves social, political, and religious history into a formidable account of planter class formation and southern frontier development.

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Acerca del autor

Rachel N. Klein is associate professor of history at the University of California, San Diego.

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press
Año de publicación
1992
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0807843695
ISBN 13 
9780807843697
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
344
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
no disponible

Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9780807818992: Unification of a Slave State: The Rise of the Planter Class in the South Carolina Backcountry, 1760-1808 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of ... History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0807818992 ISBN 13:  9780807818992
Editorial: The University of North Carolina..., 1990
Tapa dura