Southern honor : ethics and behavior in the old South /

Southern honor : ethics and behavior in the old South /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Wyatt-Brown, Bertram, 1932-2012.
Edition:	25th anniversary ed.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xlii, 597 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Honor. Civilization. Honor. Moral conditions. Southern States -- Civilization. Southern States -- Moral conditions. Southern States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11178446

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ISBN:	9780199725625 0199725624 0195325176 0195325168 9780195325164
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Preface to Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition. Part One: Origins and Definitions. 1. Honor in Literary Perspective. 2. Primal Honor: Valor, Blood, and Bonding. 3. Primal Honor: The Tensions of Patriarchy. 4. Gentility. Part Two: Family and Gender Behavior. 5. Fathers, Mothers, and Progeny. 6. Male Youth and Honor. 7. A Young Man's Career: Cultural and Familial Limits. 8. Strategies of Courtship and Marriage. 9. Women in a Man's World: Role and Self-Image. 10. Law, Property, and Male Dominance. 11. Male Custom in Family Life. 12. Status, Law, and Sexual Misconduct. Part Three: Structures of Rival.
Other form:	Print version: Wyatt-Brown, Bertram, 1932- Southern honor. 25th anniversary ed. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

Table of Contents:

PART ONE: ORIGINS AND DEFINITIONS; PART TWO: FAMILY AND GENDER BEHAVIOR; PART THREE: STRUCTURES OF RIVALRY AND SOCIAL CONTROL; Lists of Abbreviations and Short Titles; Notes; Index.