Behind the big house : reconciling slavery, race, and heritage in the U.S. South / Jodi Skipper.

"When residents and tourists visit plantation sites, whose stories are told? All too often the lives of slaveowners are centered, obscuring the lives of enslaved people and making it impossible for their descendants to process the meanings of these sites. Behind the Big House gives readers a candid,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Skipper, Jodi (Author)
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2022]
Series:Humanities and public life.
Subjects:
Behind the Big House (Program)
Skipper, Jodi.
University of Mississippi > Faculty > Biography.
Historic sites > Mississippi > Educational aspects.
African Americans > History > Study and teaching > Mississippi.
Plantations > History > Study and teaching > Mississippi.
Slavery > History > Study and teaching > Mississippi.
Heritage tourism > Mississippi.
Mississippi > Race relations.
Holly Springs (Miss.)
Noirs américains > Histoire > Étude et enseignement > Mississippi.
Plantations > Histoire > Étude et enseignement > Mississippi.
Tourisme culturel > Mississippi.
Mississippi > Relations raciales.
African Americans > Study and teaching.
Heritage tourism.
Race relations.
Slavery > Study and teaching.
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Holly Springs.
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:xxiv, 218 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm.
Variant Title:
Reconciling slavery, race, and heritage in the U.S. South
Format: Book

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