Name/Title
The Plantation Mistress: Woman's World in the Old SouthEntry/Object ID
2010.002.092Description
Looks at the lives of white women and their harsh and restricted place in the slave society before the Civil War. Details the daily lives of the plantation mistress and her ambiguous intermediary position in the hierarchy between slave and master.
xix, 331 p. ; 25 cm. (softcover)Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2010.002.Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2010)Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Plantation owners' spouses--Southern States, Women plantation owners--Southern States, Slaveholders--Southern States, Patriarchy--Southern States, Southern States--Social life and customs--1775-1865, Plantation life--Southern StatesBook Details
Author
Clinton, Catherine, 1952-Publisher
Pantheon BooksDate Published
1229Call No.
HQ1438 .A13 C58 1982ISBN
0394516869LCCN
82003549Notes
Date: 1982Location
Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Category
PermanentGeneral Notes
Note
Notes: By Catherine Clinton.
Includes bibliographical references ([295]-323) and index.Created By
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April 5, 2023