Southern sons : becoming men in the new nation /

Southern sons : becoming men in the new nation /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glover, Lorri, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Young men > Southern States > History > 18th century.
Young men > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Boys > Southern States > History > 18th century.
Boys > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Men > Socialization > Southern States > History.
Boys > Education > Southern States > History.
Southern States > Social conditions > 18th century.
Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The first duties of a southern boy
  • Raising "self-willed" sons
  • The educational aspirations of southern families
  • Creating southern schools for southern sons
  • The (mis)behaviors of southern collegians
  • The southern code of gentlemanly conduct
  • Acting the part of a gentleman
  • Supervising suitors
  • Winning a wife
  • Professions and the "circle about every man"
  • Slaveholding and the destiny of the Republic's southern sons
  • Epilogue.