| In My Father's House Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina Revised Edition Contributor(s): Burton, Orville Vernon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807841838 ISBN-13: 9780807841839 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1987 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Dewey: 306.097 |
| LCCN: 84-25830 |
| Series: Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.29" H x 5.92" W x 9.03" (1.72 lbs) 501 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Geographic Orientation - South Carolina - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burton, Orville Vernon: - Orville Vernon Burton is professor of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His books include "A Gentleman and an Officer": A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War. |