The Resource The ruling race : a history of American slaveholders, by James Oakes
The ruling race : a history of American slaveholders, by James Oakes
Resource Information
The item The ruling race : a history of American slaveholders, by James Oakes represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 10 library branches.
Resource Information
The item The ruling race : a history of American slaveholders, by James Oakes represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 10 library branches.
- Summary
- "In this reexamination of the South's "peculiar institution," James Oakes breaks the myth that slaveholders were a paternalistic aristocracy and argues convincingly that they were acquisitive entrepreneurs who advocated political democracy - for whites only."--Page 4 of cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxv, 307 pages
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1982
- Contents
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- The colonial legacy
- Revolutionary slaveholders
- The market culture
- Master-class pluralism
- The slaveholders' pilgrimage
- The convenient sin
- Freedom and bondage
- Plantations, plebeians, and patricians
- Factories in the fields
- Masters of tradition
- The slaveholder's revolution
- Sample of slaveholders from the 1850 census
- Isbn
- 9780393317053
- Label
- The ruling race : a history of American slaveholders
- Title
- The ruling race
- Title remainder
- a history of American slaveholders
- Statement of responsibility
- by James Oakes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In this reexamination of the South's "peculiar institution," James Oakes breaks the myth that slaveholders were a paternalistic aristocracy and argues convincingly that they were acquisitive entrepreneurs who advocated political democracy - for whites only."--Page 4 of cover
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Oakes, James
- Dewey number
- 305.5/232/097509034
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E441
- LC item number
- .O18 1998
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Slaveholders
- Slavery
- Southern States
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- The ruling race : a history of American slaveholders, by James Oakes
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1982
- Bar code
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- 31223139877055
- 31223139877063
- 31223139877030
- 31223139877014
- 31223139877022
- 31223139877048
- 31223139876982
- 31223139876974
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The colonial legacy -- Revolutionary slaveholders -- The market culture -- Master-class pluralism -- The slaveholders' pilgrimage -- The convenient sin -- Freedom and bondage -- Plantations, plebeians, and patricians -- Factories in the fields -- Masters of tradition -- The slaveholder's revolution -- Sample of slaveholders from the 1850 census
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xxv, 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393317053
- Lccn
- 97040417
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)37675810
- Label
- The ruling race : a history of American slaveholders, by James Oakes
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1982
- Bar code
-
- 31223139877055
- 31223139877063
- 31223139877030
- 31223139877014
- 31223139877022
- 31223139877048
- 31223139876982
- 31223139876974
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The colonial legacy -- Revolutionary slaveholders -- The market culture -- Master-class pluralism -- The slaveholders' pilgrimage -- The convenient sin -- Freedom and bondage -- Plantations, plebeians, and patricians -- Factories in the fields -- Masters of tradition -- The slaveholder's revolution -- Sample of slaveholders from the 1850 census
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xxv, 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393317053
- Lccn
- 97040417
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)37675810
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