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Commentary: Honor And Martialism In The U.S. South And Prussian East Elbia During The Mid-Nineteenth Century, Edward L. Ayers Jan 1990

Commentary: Honor And Martialism In The U.S. South And Prussian East Elbia During The Mid-Nineteenth Century, Edward L. Ayers

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A commentary of Shearer Davis Bowman's essay on Honor and Martialism in the U.S. and Prussian East Elbia during the Mid-Nineteenth Century.

Without a second and unarmed, I have no inclination to offer a fundamental challenge to Professor Bowman's argument or his character. In fact, he has served us well by focusing on honor, martialism, and dueling as indices of comparison between the antebellum planters and the pre-1848 Junkers. I would like to build on the wealth of detail he has provided to help clarify the larger comparison between the South and Prussia.


Habits Of Industry: White Culture And The Transformation Of The Carolina Piedmont (Book Review), Edward L. Ayers Jan 1990

Habits Of Industry: White Culture And The Transformation Of The Carolina Piedmont (Book Review), Edward L. Ayers

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Review of the book, Habits of Industry: White Culture and the Transformation of the Carolina Piedmont by Allen Tullos. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989.