Within the Plantation Household: Black and White Women of the Old South
- ISBN-10
- 080784232X
- ISBN-13
- 9780807842324
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 544
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Univ of North Carolina Press
- Author
- Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
Description
Discusses how class, race, and gender shaped women's experiences in the South
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