American Mediterranean

Southern Slaveholders in the Age of Emancipation

Matthew Pratt Guterl

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$22.50 • £18.95 • €20.50

ISBN 9780674072282

Publication Date: 03/11/2013

Short

250 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

18 halftones

World

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List of Illustrations
Introduction
1. The American Mediterranean
2. The White Republic of the Tropics
3. The Promise of Exile
4. The Labor Problem
5. Latitudes and Longitudes
Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

Awards & Accolades

Honorable Mention, 2009 Gordon K. & Sybil Lewis Award, Caribbean Studies Association

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