Plain Folk of the South Revisited

by Hyde, Samuel C., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780807122372
• ISBN10: 0807122378
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-11-01
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr

Summary

In 1949, Frank Owsley's seminal work, PLAIN FOLK IN THE OLD SOUTH, argued that a thriving middle class represented the majority of southerners and was integral to the region's development. In the spirit of Owsley's effort to expand understanding of the south, the selections included here provide fresh perspectives on the complexities of the plain folk culture. 4 line drawings.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword: Revisiting the Plain Folk of the South
Introduction: Perspectives on the Common South	p. 1
Neither Anglo-Saxon nor Celtic: The Music of the Southern Plain Folk	p. 21
The Vernacular Architecture of the South: Log Buildings, Dog-Trot Houses, and English Barns	p. 46
Herders, Farmers, and Markets on the Inner Frontier: The Mississippi Piney Woods, 1850-1860	p. 73
The Question of Peonage in the History of the New South	p. 100
Southern Women and the Sunday-School Movement, 1865-1915	p. 129
Shades of Ambiguity: Comparing Antebellum Free People of Color in "Anglo" Alabama and "Latin" Louisiana	p. 161
Crackers and Cavaliers: Shared Courage	p. 187
Popular Ideology of the Old South's Plain Folk: The Limits of Egalitarianism in a Slaveholding Society	p. 205
Backcountry Justice in the Piney-Woods South	p. 228
New South Demagoguery	p. 250
Contributors	p. 273
Index	p. 275
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