Honor and violence in the Old South

This reinterpretation of Southern life and custom explores the meaning and expression of the ancient code of honor as whites--both slaveholders and non-slaveholders--applied to their lives. Historian Bertram Wyatt-Brown argues that Southern ethical habits and traditions are the basis of regional dis...

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Main Author: Wyatt-Brown, Bertram, 1932-2012.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
Physical Description: x, 270 pages ; 22 cm.
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