They Were Her Property: White Women As Slave Owners In The American South Stephanie E Jones-Rogers Yale University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Health Family

Winner Of The Los Angeles Times Book Prize In History: A Bold And Searing Investigation Into Role White Women American Slave Economy “Stunning ”—Rebecca Onion Slate “Makes Vital Contribution To Our Understanding Past Present ”—Parul Sehgal New York “Bracingly Revisionist [A] Startling Corrective ”—Nicholas Guyatt Review Books Bridging Women’s History South African This Makes Argument About Slavery Historian Stephanie E Jones-Rogers Draws On Variety Sources Show That Slave‑Owning Were Sophisticated Economic Actors Who Directly Engaged Benefited From South’s Market Because Typically Inherited More Slaves Than Land Enslaved People Often Their Primary Source Wealth Not Only Did Refuse Cede Ownership Husbands They Employed Management Techniques As Effective Brutal Those Used By Slave-Owning Men Actively Participated Profited It For Social Empowerment Examining Economically Entangled Lives Presents Narrative Forces Us Rethink Economics Conventions Slaveholding America Σελίδες: 320 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0211 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm