This book examines the home and leisure life of planters in the
antebellum American South. Based on a lifetime of research by the
late Eugene Genovese (1930–2012), with an introduction and
epilogue by Douglas Ambrose, The Sweetness of Life presents a
penetrating study of slaveholders and their families in both
intimate and domestic settings: at home; attending the theatre;
going on vacations to spas and springs; throwing parties; hunting;
gambling; drinking and entertaining guests, completing a
comprehensive portrait of the slaveholders and the world that they
built with slaves. Genovese subtly but powerfully demonstrates how
much politics, economics, and religion shaped, informed, and made
possible these leisure activities. A fascinating investigation of a
little-studied aspect of planter life, The Sweetness of Life
broadens our understanding of the world that the slaveholders and
their slaves made; a tragic world of both 'sweetness' and slavery.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Cambridge Studies on the American South |
| Release date: |
September 2017 |
| Authors: |
Eugene D. Genovese
|
| Editors: |
Douglas Ambrose
|
| Dimensions: |
228 x 151 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
308 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-316-50289-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-316-50289-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781316502891 |
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