The Origins of the Southern Middle Class, 1800-1861.(Book Review)

From: Journal of Social History | Date: December 22, 2005| Author: Byrne, Frank J. | Copyright information

The Origins of the Southern Middle Class, 1800-1861. By Jonathan Daniel Wells (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2005. xv plus 321 pp. $59.95).

It is difficult to imagine that after decades of analysis and voluminous publications on the subject there are still major gaps in our understanding of the antebellum South. Yet this is the premise of Jonathan Daniel Wells's provocative new study The Origins of the Southern Middle Class, 1800-1861. Addressing s...

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