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Author Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956, author.

Title Shadow of the plantation / by Charles S. Johnson
Published Chicago, Illinois : University of Chicago Press, 1934

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 214, [1] pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations
Series Core historical literature of agriculture. Agricultural economics and rural sociology.
Contents Part 1-The Background-Subsection 1-The Pattern of the Plantation-Subsection 2-The Tradition of the Plantation-Subsection 3-The Community-Subsection 4-The People-Part 2-The Family-Subsection 1-Courtship and Marriage-Subsection 2-The Children-Subsection 3-Separation and Divorce-Subsection 4-What Is Respectable-Subsection 5-Shelter and Food-Part 3 -- Economic Life of the Community-Subsection 1-The Division of Labor-Subsection 2-The Pressure of the System-Part 4-The School and the People-Subsection 1-Education of Parents and Children-Subsection 2-The Influence of Schooling on Social Changes-Part 5-Religion and the Church-Subsection 1-The Church as a Social Institution-Part 6-Play Life-Part 7-Survival-Part 8-Conclusion-Index
Notes Macon county, Alabama, was the area chosen for this survey. cf. Introduction
"Third impression February 1941."
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digitized 1996 CHLA NIC pda
Subject Plantations -- Alabama -- Macon County
African Americans -- Alabama -- Macon County
African Americans
Plantations
Alabama -- Macon County
Form Electronic book