| The Quarters and the Fields: Slave Families in the Non-Cotton South Contributor(s): Pargas, Damian Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813038049 ISBN-13: 9780813038049 Publisher: University Press of Florida OUR PRICE: $27.67 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Slavery |
| Dewey: 975.041 |
| Series: New Perspectives on the History of the South (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.85 lbs) 274 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "A fresh and inventive method of presenting some lesser-known aspects of slavery to both scholars and students."--Ronald Traylor, Southeastern Louisiana University "Pargas redefines the meaning of 'slave agency' to examine the varying ability of enslaved workers to shape and protect their domestic arrangements."--Larry Hudson, University of Rochester The Quarters and the Fields offers a unique approach to the examination of slavery. Rather than focusing on slave work and family life on cotton plantations, Damian Pargas compares the practice of slavery among the other major agricultural cultures in the nineteenth-century South: tobacco, mixed grain, rice, and sugar cane. He reveals how the demands of different types of masters and crops influenced work patterns and habits, which in turn shaped slaves' family life.By presenting a broader view of the complex forces that shaped enslaved people's family lives, not only from outside but also from within, this book takes an inclusive approach to the slave agency debate. A comparative study that examines the importance of time and place for slave families, The Quarters and the Fields provides a means for understanding them as they truly were: dynamic social units that were formed and existed under different circumstances across time and space. Damian Alan Pargas is assistant professor of history and American studies at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. A volume in the series New Perspectives on the History of the South, edited by John David Smith |
Contributor Bio(s): Pargas, Damian Alan: - Damian Alan Pargas is professor of North American history and culture at Leiden University. He is the author of The Quarters and the Fields: Slave Families in the Non-Cotton South and Slavery and Forced Migration in the Antebellum South. |