Keep the Days
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Keep the Days
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Summary
Delving into wartime diaries kept by women of the southern slave-owning class, Steven Stowe recaptures their motivations to keep the days close even as war tore apart the brutal system of slavery that had benefited them. In studying the inner lives of these unsympathetic characters, Stowe also explores the importance - and the limits - of historical empathy as a condition for knowing the past.
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Keep the Days by Steven M Stowe
Delving into wartime diaries kept by women of the southern slave-owning class, Steven Stowe recaptures their motivations to keep the days close even as war tore apart the brutal system of slavery that had benefited them. In studying the inner lives of these unsympathetic characters, Stowe also explores the importance - and the limits - of historical empathy as a condition for knowing the past.
Steven M. Stowe is Professor Emeritus of History at Indiana University, Bloomington.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781469640969 |
| ISBN 10 | 1469640961 |
| Title | Keep the Days |
| Author | Steven M Stowe |
| Series | Civil War America Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Year published | 2018-05-30 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |