Author: Eliza Ann DupuyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Florence; Or, The Fatal Vow
Author: Eliza Ann DupuySouthern Fiction Prior to 1860
Author: James Gibson JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Southland Writers
Author: Mary T. TardyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
The South in History and Literature
Author: Mildred Lewis RutherfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
Science and Medicine in the Old South
Author: Ronald NumbersPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807124956
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
With a few notable exceptions, historians have tended to ignore the role that science and medicine played in the antebellum South. The fourteen essays in Science and Medicine in the Old South help to redress that neglect by considering scientific and medical developments in the early nineteenth-century South and by showing the ways in which the South’s scientific and medical activities differed from those of other regions. The book is divided into two sections. The essays in the first section examine the broad background of science in the South between 1830 and 1860; the second section addresses medicine specifically. The essays frequently counterpoint each other. In the first section, Ronald Numbers and Janet Numbers argue that he South’s failure to “keep pace” with the North in scientific areas resulted from demographic factors. William Scarborough asserts that slavery produced a social structure that encouraged agricultural and political careers rather than scientific and industrial ones. Charles Dew offers a strong indictment of slavery, suggesting that the conservative influence of the institution severely discouraged the adoption of modern technologies. Other essays examine institutions of higher learning in the South, southern scientific societies, and the relationship between science and theology. The section on medicine in the Old South also examines the ways in which the medical needs and practices of the Old South were both similar to and distinct from those of other regions. K. David Patterson argues that slavery in effect imported African diseases into the Southeast and created a “modified West African disease environment.” James H. Cassedy points out that land-management policies determined by slavery—land clearing, soil exhaustion—also helped created a distinctive disease environment. Other contributors discuss southern public health problems, domestic medicine, slave folk beliefs, and the special medical needs of blacks. Science and Medicine in the Old South is a long-overdue examination of these segments of the southern cultural milieu. These essays will do much to clarify misconceptions about the time and the region; moreover, they suggest directions for future research.
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Author: The Western Horticultural Review
Author: Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Excerpt from Bibliotheca Americana: Catalogue of American Publications, Including Reprints and Original Works, From 1820 to 1848, Inclusive Mother' 8 Medical Guide, 12mo cl Man of Two Worlds,18mo cl Sabbath School as it should be, 12mo cl Slate and Black-board Exercises, 18mo Tea. And Cofi'ee, their Effects on the Human System, 18mo pap Word to Teachers Young Housekeeper, cl Husbz111d, cl Man' 8 Guide, cl Woman's Guide, cl Wife, 01 on Vegetable Diet, 12mo cl 011 the Use of Tobacco, 18mo pap B., Conversations with Children 011 the Gos pels, 2 v.12mo Produce Tables, or Ready Calculator, shp 'alda, the Captive, by Agnes Strickland. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Norton's Literary Register and Book Buyer's Almanac, for 1853
Author: NortonLibrary of Southern Literature
Author: Edwin Anderson AldermanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description