Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth, 1941-2007.

The mind of the master class : history and faith in the Southern slaveholders' worldview / Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Eugene D. Genovese. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - xiii, 828 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 719-792) and index.

Cradles in the storms of revolution -- The inescapable past -- Ancient legacies, medieval sensibility, modern men -- A Christian people defend the faith -- At the rubicon.

05218506579(hbk) 9780521850650(hbk) 0521615623 (pbk.) 9780521615624 (pbk.)

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Slaveholders--Social life and customs.--Southern States
Slaveholders--Religious life--Southern States.
Slaveholders--Intellectual life.--Southern States
Slavery--Justification.--Southern States
Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects--History.--Southern States
Slavery--Political aspects--History.--Southern States
1750-1799.
1800-1849.
1850-1859.
Coutume.
Esclavage.
Histoire.
Moeurs.
Proprietaire d'esclave.
Vie intellectuelle.
Vie religieuse.


Southern States--Social life and customs--1775-1865.
Southern States--Religious life and customs.
Southern States--Intellectual life.
Southern States--History--Philosophy.
Etats confederes d'Amerique.

002 F 213 / F791m 2005

306.3/62/0975