{"product_id":"southern-women-9781119147725","title":"Southern Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third edition of \u003ci\u003eSouthern Women\u003c\/i\u003e relays the historical narrative of both black and white women in the patriarchal South. Covering primarily the years between 1800 and 1865, it shows the strengths and varied experiences of these womenon plantations, small farms, in towns and cities, in the Deep South, the Upper South, and the mountain South. It offers fascinating information on family life, sexuality, and marriage; reproduction and childrearing; education and religion; women and work; and southern women and the Confederacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouthern Women: Black and White in the Old South, Third Edition\u003c\/i\u003e distills and incorporates recent scholarship by historians. It presents a well-written, more complicated, multi-layered picture of Southern women's lives than has ever been written about beforethanks to its treatment of current, relevant historiographical debates. The book also:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes new scholarship published since the second edition appeared\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePays more\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: An Overview of the South and Southern Women 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Family Life, Sexuality, and Marriage 18\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFamily 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCourtship 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMiscegenation and Sexuality 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Women and Marriage 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhite Women and Marriage 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaws, Marriage, and Divorce 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Reproduction and Child-rearing 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFertility 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePregnancy 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChildbearing 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChild-rearing 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInfant Feeding and Care 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInfant Health Problems 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeath and Mourning 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOutside Intervention in Childcare 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Social Concerns: Education and Religion 111\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEducation 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe School Experience 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEducation for the Less Privileged 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Women and Religion 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhite Women and Religion 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen’s Benevolence 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Women and Work 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Meaning of Southern Women’s Work 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlave and Free Black Labor 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlave Punishment and Resistance 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhite Women and Work 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWork on the Frontier 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaid Employment 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSingle Women and Non-Traditional Roles 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterracial and Class Relationships 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOutsiders and Slavery 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Southern Women and the Confederacy 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElite Women’s Involvement on the Home Front 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnslaved and Free Black Women 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYeoman Wives and Poor Farmwives 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWork and Daily Life on the Home Front 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging Patterns on the Home Front 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHardship and Death 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoping Skills and Union Supporters 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnd of War 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Reading 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 255\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528848417111,"sku":"9781119147725","price":25.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119147725.jpg?v=1731873261","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/southern-women-9781119147725","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}