From yeoman to redneck in the South Carolina upcountry, 1850-1915
Stephen A. West · 2008
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"In From Yeoman to Redneck in the South Carolina Upcountry, 1850-1915, Stephen A. West revises understandings of the American South by offering a new perspective on two iconic figures in the region's social landscape. "Yeoman," a term of praise for the small landowning farmer, was commonly used during the antebellum era, but it was ultimately eclipsed by "redneck," an epithet that emerged at the end of the nineteenth century. In popular use, each served less as a precise class label than as a means to celebrate or denigrate the moral and civic worth of broad groups of white men. Viewing these richly evocative figures as ideological inventions rather than sociological realities, West examines the divisions they obscured and the conflicts that gave them such force."--BOOK JACKET.
Book details
- Year
- 2008
- Language
- English
- Series
- The American South series
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 261
- ISBN
- 9780813926995
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