The Old South [Paperback]

The Old South is a collection of primary documents and previously published essays introducing students to recent themes found in scholarship on the social and cultural history of the Old South. The documents are drawn directly from the essays not only to vividly illustrate the events, but also to show students how historians construct arguments based on archival evidence. Smith introduces the collection with a detailed essay, and provides study questions, suggestions for further reading, a map, and a chronology of significant events creating a highly useful student-friendly reader.Acknowledgements.

Map: The Old South in 1860.

Chronology.

Introduction.

Part I: A Modern Old South.

Introduction to Documents and Essays.

1. An Old Old South.

Sketches of the South Santee, 1797-1798.

A Georgia Planter on the Classical South, 1835.

A Georgia Planter Bemoans the Cost of Slavery, 1846.

An Old Old South. (Raimondo Luraghi).

2. An Old South by the Clock.

The Importance of Early Rising, 1851.

Clock Time and Southern Railroads, 1834.

Plantation Time, 1851.

Timing Slave Labor by the Watch, 1843.

Plantation Time from a Slave's Perspective, 1847.

An Old South by the Clock. (Mark M. Smith).

Study Questions and Further Reading.

Part II: Southern Honor, Southern Violence.

Introduction to Documents and Essays.

3. The Appearance of Honor and the Honor of Appearance.

Affronts to Honor in a Southern Newspaper, 1843.

Public Accusations of Falsehood, 1833.

Codes of Honor and Dueling, 1858.&llS—