In Joy and in Sorrow: Women, Family, and Marriage in the Victorian South, 1830-1900

by Carol Bleser

Book Overview

In Joy and in Sorrow brings together some of the finest historians of the South in a sweeping exploration of the meaning of the family in this troubled region. In their vast canvas of the Victorian South, the authors explore the private lives of Senators, wealthy planters, and the belles of high society, along with the humblest slaves and sharecroppers, both white and black. Stretching from the height of the antebellum South's pride and power through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195060474
• ISBN13: 9780195060478
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.6"