The Big House after Slavery: Virginia Plantation Families and Their Postbellum Domestic Experiment

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contents acknowledgments ix introduction 1 one.฀“by hard labour and Close economy” Virginia Planters Go to Work 13 two.฀Keeping up appearances A Crisis of Status in Virginia’s Postwar Plantation Households 54 three.฀“for our Mutual Protection and advancement” Planter Families in Virginia’s Postbellum Voluntary Organizations 91 four.฀baring virginia’s bosom for Political gain Politicians, Manhood, and Debt 125 five.฀abandoning the homestead How the Next Generation Embraced a New South 158 Conclusion 193 Notes 199 bibliography 249 index 265 This page intentionally left blank ...