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2 Imagining PoorWhites in the Antebellum South: Abolitionist and Pro-Slavery Fictions
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface and Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction White Trash as Social Difference: Groups, Boundaries, and Inequalities 1
- 1 Lubbers, Crackers, and PoorWhite Trash: Borders and Boundaries in the Colonies and the Early Republic 21
- 2 Imagining PoorWhites in the Antebellum South: Abolitionist and Pro-Slavery Fictions 47
- 3 ‘‘Three Generations of Imbeciles Are Enough’’: American Eugenics and PoorWhite Trash 65
- 4 ‘‘The Disease of Laziness’’: Crackers, PoorWhites, and Hookworm Crusaders in the New South 96
- 5 Limning the Boundaries of Whiteness 133
- Notes 145
- References 181
- Index 211
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface and Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction White Trash as Social Difference: Groups, Boundaries, and Inequalities 1
- 1 Lubbers, Crackers, and PoorWhite Trash: Borders and Boundaries in the Colonies and the Early Republic 21
- 2 Imagining PoorWhites in the Antebellum South: Abolitionist and Pro-Slavery Fictions 47
- 3 ‘‘Three Generations of Imbeciles Are Enough’’: American Eugenics and PoorWhite Trash 65
- 4 ‘‘The Disease of Laziness’’: Crackers, PoorWhites, and Hookworm Crusaders in the New South 96
- 5 Limning the Boundaries of Whiteness 133
- Notes 145
- References 181
- Index 211
