Mastered by the Clock: Time, Slavery, and Freedom in the American South (Fred W.Morrison Series in Southern Studies)

Mastered by the Clock: Time, Slavery, and Freedom in the American South (Fred W.Morrison Series in Southern Studies)

by Mark M . Smith (Author)

Synopsis

Explores the evolution of clock-based time consciousness in the American South. Drawing on a range of sources, this text demonstrates that white southern slaveholders began to incorporate this new sense of time in the 1830s, with varying degrees of success.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 328
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 31 Oct 1997

ISBN 10: 0807846937
ISBN 13: 9780807846933