Not quite white: white trash and the boundaries of whiteness

Introduction: White trash as social difference : groups, boundaries, and inequalities -- Lubbers, crackers, and poor white trash : borders and boundaries in the colonies and the early republic -- Imagining poor whites in the antebellum South : abolitionist and pro-slavery fictions -- "Three gen...

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Main Author: Wray, Matt 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press 2006
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Summary:Introduction: White trash as social difference : groups, boundaries, and inequalities -- Lubbers, crackers, and poor white trash : borders and boundaries in the colonies and the early republic -- Imagining poor whites in the antebellum South : abolitionist and pro-slavery fictions -- "Three generations of imbeciles are enough" : American eugenics and poor white trash -- "The disease of laziness" : crackers, poor whites, and hookworm crusaders in the new South -- Limning the boundaries of whiteness
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-210) and index
Physical Description:xiii, 213 p ill 24 cm
ISBN:9780822388593
0822388596