American Mediterranean
| Author | : Matthew Pratt Guterl |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 262 |
| Release | : 2008-06-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0674028686 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780674028685 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (685 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis American Mediterranean by : Matthew Pratt Guterl
Download or read book American Mediterranean written by Matthew Pratt Guterl and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did slave-owning Southerners make sense of the transformation of their world in the Civil War era? Guterl shows that they looked beyond their borders for answers and examines how the Southern elite connected—by travel, print culture, even the prospect of future conquest—with communities of New World slaveholders as they redefined their world.
