The sweetness of life : southern planters at home / Eugene D. Genovese ; edited by Douglas Ambrose.

This book examines the home and leisure life of planters in the antebellum American South. Based on a lifetime of research by the late Eugene Genovese (1930-2012), with an introduction and epilogue by Douglas Ambrose, The Sweetness of Life presents a penetrating study of slaveholders and their famil...

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Main Author: Genovese, Eugene D., 1930-2012 (Author)
Other Authors: Ambrose, Douglas, 1957- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: [Cambridge, United Kingdom] : Cambridge University Press, [2017]
Series:Cambridge studies on the American South.
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Physical Description:xxxii, 275 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book

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