| Titre : |
Masters, slaves, and exchange : power's purchase in the Old South |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Kathleen M. Hilliard, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
New York : Cambridge University Press |
| Année de publication : |
2014 |
| Importance : |
(217 p.) |
| Présentation : |
ill |
| Format : |
23 cm |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-1-107-63664-4 |
| Note générale : |
Bibliogr. p. 193-209. Notes Bibliogr. Index
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| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
Slavery Economic aspect Social conditions Economic conditions United States (south) 1775-1865 19th century. |
| Résumé : |
This book examines the political economy of the master-slave relationship viewed through the lens of consumption and market exchange. What did it mean when human chattel bought commodities, "stole" property, or gave and received gifts? Forgotten exchanges, this study argues, measured the deepest questions of worth and value, shaping an enduring struggle for power between slaves and masters. The slaves' internal economy focused intense paternalist negotiation on a ground where categories of exchange - provision, gift, contraband, and commodity - were in constant flux. At once binding and alienating, these ties endured constant moral stresses and material manipulation by masters and slaves alike, galvanizing conflict and engendering complex new social relations on and off the plantation.
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Masters, slaves, and exchange : power's purchase in the Old South [texte imprimé] / Kathleen M. Hilliard, Auteur . - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014 . - (217 p.) : ill ; 23 cm. ISBN : 978-1-107-63664-4 Bibliogr. p. 193-209. Notes Bibliogr. Index
Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Mots-clés : |
Slavery Economic aspect Social conditions Economic conditions United States (south) 1775-1865 19th century. |
| Résumé : |
This book examines the political economy of the master-slave relationship viewed through the lens of consumption and market exchange. What did it mean when human chattel bought commodities, "stole" property, or gave and received gifts? Forgotten exchanges, this study argues, measured the deepest questions of worth and value, shaping an enduring struggle for power between slaves and masters. The slaves' internal economy focused intense paternalist negotiation on a ground where categories of exchange - provision, gift, contraband, and commodity - were in constant flux. At once binding and alienating, these ties endured constant moral stresses and material manipulation by masters and slaves alike, galvanizing conflict and engendering complex new social relations on and off the plantation.
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