The Plantation Mistress: Woman's World in the Old South

Name/Title

The Plantation Mistress: Woman's World in the Old South

Entry/Object ID

2010.002.092

Description

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 Library

Acquisition

Accession

2010.002.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2010)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search 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 States

Book Details

Author

Clinton, Catherine, 1952-

Publisher

Pantheon Books

Place Published

Location

New York, NY

Date Published

1229

Call No.

HQ1438 .A13 C58 1982

ISBN

0394516869

LCCN

82003549

Notes

Date: 1982

Location

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Library

Category

Permanent

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Catherine Clinton. Includes bibliographical references ([295]-323) and index.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

December 29, 2010

Updated By

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Update Date

April 5, 2023