Major problems in the history of the american south, volume 1

Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the MAJOR PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN HISTORY series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U.S. history. The collection of essays and documents in MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH provides a comprehensive view of the culture of the American South as well as its political, social, and economic history. The documents are grouped with important secondary sources, accompanied by chapter introductions, selection headnotes, and suggested readings. INDICE: Note: Each chapter concludes with Further Reading. 1. WHAT IS THE OLD SOUTH? Essays. W. J. Cash, The Continuity of Southern History. C. Vann Woodward, The Search for Southern Identity. John B. Boles, The Difficulty of Consensus on the South. John Shelton Reed, The Three Souths. 2. THE ATLANTIC WORLD. Documents. 1. Map Shows Sixteenth-Century Atlantic Trade Ports, c. 1620. 2. Plants, Animals, and Microorganisms Travel to and from the New World, 1500 to 1600. 3. African Medicinal Plants Come to the Caribbean on Slave Ships, 1500 to 1600. 4. Elmina, a Dutch Slave Fort, Holds African Slaves Captive before theMiddle Passage, c. 1600. 5. Englishman John Hawkins Details his First Voyage to the West Indies, 1562-1563. 6. Guzman de Silva Writes to Philip II Regarding the Slave Trade, 1565. 7. Journal of the Arthur Details the Slave Trade, 1677-1678. 8. John Barbot Describes the Slave Trade in Guinea, 1678. Essays. Ira Berlin, From Creole to African: Atlantic Creoles and the Origins of African-American Society. Philip D. Morgan, Virginia's Other Prototype: The Caribbean. 3. SETTLEMENT OF RED, WHITE, AND BLACK. Documents. 1. Captain John Smith Describes the Natives of Virginia, 1612. 2. Richard Frethorne Writes his Parents about his Indenture, 1623. 3. Nathaniel Bacon Leads Rebellion in Virginia, 1675-1676. 4. Virginia's House of Burgesses Tightens Statutes involving Slaves, 1630-1705. 5. South Carolina Restricts the Liberties of Slaves, 1740. 6. Indian Trader John Lawson Writes about his Travels in Carolina, 1709. 7. The South Carolina Colonial Legislature Regulates the Indian Trade, 1751. Essays. Kathleen M. Brown, Gender and Race in Colonial Virginia. James Axtell, Making Do. 4. THEMATURING OF THE COLONIAL SOUTH. Documents. 1. Eliza Lucas Writes on Life in Colonial South Carolina, 1740-1742. 2. Colonial Georgia Debates Slavery, 1735-1750. 3. South Carolina Newspapers Advertise for Runaway Slaves, 1743-1784. 4. Merchant Robert Pringle Observes Life and Trade in Charleston, 1739-1743. 5. William Byrd II Discovers New Crops in Virginia and Deals with Cherokee and Catawba Indians, 1738 - 1740. 6. Reverend Charles Woodmason Decries the "Wild Peoples" of the Carolina Backcountry, 1768. 7. Naturalist William Bartram Describes his Travels in the South, 1773 - 77. Essays. Lorena S. Walsh, How TobaccoProduction Shaped Slave Life in the Chesapeake. Jack P. Greene, Georgia's Attempt to Become a Viable Colony. 5. THE REVOLUTION AND ITS AFTERMATH. Documents. 1. Men in the Backcountry Articulate their Grievances, 1767. 2. Ministers Try to Convert the Carolina Backcountry, 1775. 3. Lord Dunmore Issues his Proclamation to Free Virginia's Slaves, 1775. 4. Thomas Jefferson Establishes Religious Freedom in Virginia, 1777. 5. Eliza Wilkinson Describes Women and War, 1779. 6. Southern Patriots Explain Their Concerns, 1774, 1780, 1781: James Madison to William Bradford, 1774; Joseph Jones to James Madison, 1780; Richard Henry Lee to William Lee, 1781; George Mason to Pearson Chapman, 1781. 7. The U.S.Constitution Deals with Slavery, 1787. Essays. Sylvia R. Frey, The Impact of African American Resistance During the War. Michael A. McDonnell, Class War? Class Struggles during the American Revolution in Virginia. 6. THE EMERGENCE OFSOUTHERN NATIONALISM. Documents. 1. Virginia and Kentucky Respond to the Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798, 1799. 2. Southern Congressmen Defend Slavery in Missouri, 1820. 3. Georgia Passes Laws Extending Jurisdiction over the Cherokees,1829, 1830. 4. The Supreme Court Addresses Removal of the Indians from Georgia, 1831. 5. South Carolina Tries to Nullify Federal Tariffs, 1832. 6. Newspapers React to the Nullification Crisis in South Carolina, 1832. 7. John C. Calhoun Defends Slavery, 1837. Essays. Adam Rothman, Civilizing the Cotton Frontier. Don E. Fehrenbacher, The Missouri Controversy: A Critical Moment in SouthernSectionalism. Pauline Maier, The Road Not Taken: Nullification, John C. Calhoun, and the Revolutionary Tradition in South Carolina. 7. THE SLAVEHOLDERS' SOUTH. Documents. 1. Maps Show the Increasing Importance of Cotton to the South,1821, 1859. 2. Cotton Planter Bennet Barrow Describes Life in Louisiana, 1838. 3. Two Site Plans Show Plantations in Georgia and Alabama, c. 1850 (1936). 4. William Johnson, a Free Black, Details Life in Natchez, Mississippi, 1838-1842. 5. Edmund Ruffin Describes His Travels in the Carolinas, 1840. 6. Charles Colcock Jones Provides Religious Instruction to Slaves, 1842. 7. Charles Manigault Reveals Concerns of a Wealthy Planter, 1833-1853. Essays. Mark M. Smith, Plantation Management by the Clock. James Oakes, Plantation Mastery. 8. THE SLAVE AND FREE BLACK EXPERIENCE. Documents. 1. Harry McMillan, a Freedman, Describes His Bondage, 1863. 2. Nancy Boudry, an Ex-Slave, Recalls Slavery, 1936. 3. Harriet Jacobs Laments Her Trials as a Slave Girl (1828), 1861. 4. George and Lucy Skipwith Write Their Master, 1847, 1857, 1859. 5. Slave Traders Advertise Slave Auctions, 1842, 1855. 6. Charleston's Free Blacks Fear Reenslavement,1859-1860. 7. Photo Shows Five Generations of a South Carolina Slave Family. Essays. Brenda Stevenson, Distress and Discord in Slave Families. Peter Kolchin, Antebellum Slavery: Slave Community. John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger, Whither Thou Goest. 9. WHITE WOMEN'S LIFE AND CULTURE IN THE OLD SOUTH. Documents. 1. Thomas Roderick Dew Idealizes Southern Women, 1835. 2. Mrs. Virginia Cary Writes about Female Piety, 1830. 3. Writings Reveal the Sorrows of Childbirth, 1809, c. 1800. 4. Lucy Shaw Laments the Death of Her Child, 1841. 5. Julia Blanche Munroe and Her Parents Correspond while She Attends School, 1847 - 1850. 6. The Holly Springs (Mississippi) Female Institute Advertises its Offerings, 1859. 7. Memorial of the Female Citizens of Fredericksburg Asks for Gradual Emancipation, c. 1831. Essays. Elizabeth R. Varon, White Women and Politic

• ISBN: 978-0-495-91176-0
• Editorial: Wadsworth
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• Fecha Publicación: 26/06/2011
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