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- catalog abstract ""The "honorable men" who ruled the Old South had a language all their own, one comprised of many apparently outlandish features yet revealing much about the lives of masters and the nature of slavery. As Kenneth Greenberg so skillfully demonstrates, the language of honor embraced a complex system of phrases, gestures, and behaviors that centered on deep-rooted values: asserting authority and maintaining respect. How these values were encoded in such acts as nose-pulling, outright lying, dueling, and gift-giving is a matter that Greenberg takes up in a fascinating and original way." "The author looks at a range of situations when the words and gestures of honor came into play and he re-creates the contexts and associations that once made them comprehensible. When John Randolph lavished gifts upon his friends and enemies as he calmly faced the prospect of death in a duel with Secretary of State Henry Clay, his generosity had a paternalistic meaning echoed by the master-slave relationship and reflected in the pro-slavery argument. The way a gentleman chose to lend money, drink with strangers, go hunting, and die formed a language of authority and control, a vision of what it meant to live as a courageous free man. In reconstructing the language of honor in the Old South, Greenberg reconstructs a world."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog alternative "Honor and slavery".
- catalog contributor b8866230.
- catalog coverage "Southern States Civilization 1775-1865.".
- catalog coverage "Southern States Social life and customs 1775-1865.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description ""The "honorable men" who ruled the Old South had a language all their own, one comprised of many apparently outlandish features yet revealing much about the lives of masters and the nature of slavery. As Kenneth Greenberg so skillfully demonstrates, the language of honor embraced a complex system of phrases, gestures, and behaviors that centered on deep-rooted values: asserting authority and maintaining respect. How these values were encoded in such acts as nose-pulling, outright lying, dueling, and gift-giving is a matter that Greenberg takes up in a fascinating and original way." "The author looks at a range of situations when the words and gestures of honor came into play and he re-creates the contexts and associations that once made them comprehensible. When John Randolph lavished gifts upon his friends and enemies as he calmly faced the prospect of death in a duel with Secretary of State Henry Clay, his generosity had a paternalistic meaning echoed by the master-slave relationship and reflected in the pro-slavery argument. The way a gentleman chose to lend money, drink with strangers, go hunting, and die formed a language of authority and control, a vision of what it meant to live as a courageous free man. In reconstructing the language of honor in the Old South, Greenberg reconstructs a world."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "1 The Nose, the Lie, and the Duel 3 -- 2 Masks and Slavery 24 -- 3 Gifts, Strangers, Duels, and Humanitarianism 51 -- 4 Death 87 -- 5 Baseball, Hunting, and Gambling 115.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-169) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 176 p. :".
- catalog identifier "069102734X (cl : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Southern States Civilization 1775-1865.".
- catalog spatial "Southern States Social life and customs 1775-1865.".
- catalog spatial "Southern States".
- catalog spatial "Southern States.".
- catalog subject "306.3/62/0975 20".
- catalog subject "F213 .G793 1996".
- catalog subject "Honor Southern States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Slavery Southern States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1 The Nose, the Lie, and the Duel 3 -- 2 Masks and Slavery 24 -- 3 Gifts, Strangers, Duels, and Humanitarianism 51 -- 4 Death 87 -- 5 Baseball, Hunting, and Gambling 115.".
- catalog title "Honor & slavery : lies, duels, noses, masks, dressing as a woman, gifts, strangers, humanitarianism, death, slave rebellions, the proslavery argument, baseball, hunting, and gambling in the Old South / Kenneth S. Greenberg.".
- catalog title "Honor and slavery".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".