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100 1 a| Genovese, Eugene D.,d| 1930-2012.=| ^A49841;

245 10 a| Fatal self-deception :b| slaveholding paternalism in the Old South /c| Eugene D. Genovese, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese.;

260 a| Cambridge ;a| New York :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 2011.;

300 a| xvii, 232 pages ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-210) and index.;

505 0 a| 1. 'Boisterous passions' -- 2. The complete household -- 3. Strangers within the gates -- 4. Loyal and loving slaves -- 5. The blacks' best and most faithful friend -- 6. Guardians of a helpless race -- 7. Devotion unto death.;

520 a| "Slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized a romanticized version of plantation life. However, masters' relations with white plantation laborers and servants remains a largely unstudied subject. Southerners drew on the work of British and European socialists to conclude that all labor, white and black, suffered de facto slavery, and they championed the South's 'Christian slavery' as the most humane and compassionate of social systems, ancient and modern"--Provided by publisher.;

520 a| "Slaveholders were preoccupied with presenting slavery as a benign, paternalistic institution in which the planter took care of his family, and slaves were content with their fate. In this book, Eugene D. Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese discuss how slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized this romanticized version of life on the plantation. Slaveholders' paternalism had little to do with ostensible benevolence, kindness, and good cheer. It grew out of the necessity to discipline and morally justify a system of exploitation. At the same time, this book also advocates the examination of masters' relations with white plantation laborers and servants, a largely unstudied subject. Southerners drew on the work of British and European socialists to conclude that all labor, white and black, suffered de facto slavery, and they championed the South's 'Christian slavery' as the most humane and compassionate of social systems, ancient and modern"--Provided by publisher.;

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Fatal self-deception : slaveholding paternalism in the Old South / Eugene D. Genovese, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese.

Author/creator	Genovese, Eugene D.
Other author	Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth, 1941-2007.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Description	xvii, 232 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Slavery--Southern States. --History. --19th century. Plantation owners--Southern States. --History. --19th century. Paternalism--Southern States. --History. --19th century. Enslaved persons--Southern States. --Social conditions. --19th century. Plantation workers--Southern States. --History. --19th century. White people--Southern States. --Social conditions. --19th century.

Contents	1. 'Boisterous passions' -- 2. The complete household -- 3. Strangers within the gates -- 4. Loyal and loving slaves -- 5. The blacks' best and most faithful friend -- 6. Guardians of a helpless race -- 7. Devotion unto death.
Abstract	"Slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized a romanticized version of plantation life. However, masters' relations with white plantation laborers and servants remains a largely unstudied subject. Southerners drew on the work of British and European socialists to conclude that all labor, white and black, suffered de facto slavery, and they championed the South's 'Christian slavery' as the most humane and compassionate of social systems, ancient and modern"--Provided by publisher.
Abstract	"Slaveholders were preoccupied with presenting slavery as a benign, paternalistic institution in which the planter took care of his family, and slaves were content with their fate. In this book, Eugene D. Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese discuss how slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized this romanticized version of life on the plantation. Slaveholders' paternalism had little to do with ostensible benevolence, kindness, and good cheer. It grew out of the necessity to discipline and morally justify a system of exploitation. At the same time, this book also advocates the examination of masters' relations with white plantation laborers and servants, a largely unstudied subject. Southerners drew on the work of British and European socialists to conclude that all labor, white and black, suffered de facto slavery, and they championed the South's 'Christian slavery' as the most humane and compassionate of social systems, ancient and modern"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-210) and index.
LCCN	2011006212
ISBN	9781107011649 (hardback)
ISBN	1107011647 (hardback)
ISBN	9781107605022 (paperback)
ISBN	1107605024 (paperback)

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