[PDF.27pe] The Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders

The Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders

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 | #532885 in Books |  1998-01-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.30 x.90 x5.50l,.73 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Great book on a fairly well covered topic|By Jonathan Weller|The Ruling Race is an in-depth look at the demographics of the slaveholding class in the years prior to the Civil War. James Oakes’ book attempts to make two main points: the development of the diversity of the southern slave owners, and to explore the patterns of political ambitions, ideological beliefs and dem| |“Invaluable.”
- Los Angeles Times|About the Author|James Oakes is the author of several acclaimed books on slavery and the Civil War. His history of emancipation, Freedom Nationa

"A sweeping and spirited history of Southern slaveholders."―David Herbert Donald

This pathbreaking social history of the slaveholding South marks a turn in our understanding of antebellum America and the coming of the Civil War. Oakes's bracing analysis breaks the myth that slaveholders were a paternalistic aristocracy dedicated to the values of honor, race, and section. Instead they emerge as having much in common with their entrepreneurial cou...

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