In My Father's House Are Many Mansions

In My Father's House Are Many Mansions Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina - The Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies

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Publisher's Synopsis

Burton traces the evolution of Edgefield County from the antebellum period through Reconstruction and beyond. From amassed information on every household in this large rural community, he tests the many generalizations about southern black and white families of this period and finds that they were strikingly similar. Wealth, rather than race or class, was the main factor that influenced family structure, and the matriarchal family was but a myth.

Book information

ISBN: 9780807816196
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.0975737
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 480
Weight: 953g
Height: 230mm
Width: 150mm
Spine width: 44mm