In My Father's House Are Many Mansions
| Author | : Orville Vernon Burton |
| Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
| Total Pages | : 501 |
| Release | : 2000-11-09 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780807864166 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0807864161 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (161 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis In My Father's House Are Many Mansions by : Orville Vernon Burton
Download or read book In My Father's House Are Many Mansions written by Orville Vernon Burton and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burton traces the evolution of Edgefield County from the antebellum period through Reconstruction and beyond. From amassed information on every household in this large rural community, he tests the many generalizations about southern black and white families of this period and finds that they were strikingly similar. Wealth, rather than race or class, was the main factor that influenced family structure, and the matriarchal family was but a myth.