Plantation Society and Race Relations: The Origins of Inequality

by Thomas J. Durant, J. David Knottnerus, Thomas J. Durant Jr.

For more than three hundred years, the American South was essentially a plantation society, in which the plantation system penetrated all aspects of social, cultural, economic, and political life. During this period, plantation slavery evolved into the key institutional component of Southern society and played an integral role in its development. This interdisciplinary collection of essays provides a sociological framework for the interpretation of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275958086
• ISBN13: 9780275958084
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"