boring....long......... like a text book......didn't finish it.

Controversial because it is misread as sympathetic to slaveholders. I think it's a little more complicated than that, much like the relationship between slave and master.

Controversial because it is misread as sympathetic to slaveholders. I think it's a little more complicated than that, much like the relationship between slave and master.

Controversial because it is misread as sympathetic to slaveholders. I think it's a little more complicated than that, much like the relationship between slave and master.

The Genoveses were an interesting academic couple. He became famous early not for his scholarship but for declaring himself a Marxist and publicly favoring the victory of the Viet Cong in 1965; he was working at the time for a state university and has comments became fodder for the gubernatorial race that year--won by the side favoring academic freedom. His "Roll, Jordan, Roll" was a landmark analysis of slavery from a Marxist perspective, but both he and his wife, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, whose

Dense, perhaps too sympathetic to the master class, but useful if read in tandem with Conjectures of Order and Richard Taylor's memoirs. That could be too much for most people. Regardless, I like the attention to the intelligence of the masters, particularly their knowledge of history. It is something the current master class in the South has lost.

If interested in the intellectual history of the Old South, this work by the Genoveses complements Michael O'Brien's work nicely. I may even prefer this to O'Brien's double-volume epic. Don't be put-off my the fact that the Genoveses moved away from their Marxist origins to embrace Catholicism. This is intellectual historiography of the highest order.

Slave owning elites were heavily influenced not only by religion, but by their study of history, particularly their love of Gibbon. Ironic, considering what would happen to the Confederacy.

Slave owning elites were heavily influenced not only by religion, but by their study of history, particularly their love of Gibbon. Ironic, considering what would happen to the Confederacy.

Slave owning elites were heavily influenced not only by religion, but by their study of history, particularly their love of Gibbon. Ironic, considering what would happen to the Confederacy.

This book is astonishingly complete. Dr. Genovese has so many well-researched quotations, and he backs up statements about Southern opinions and thoughts with solid sources. Though it is not my place to give a complete review of the book, I will say that the southern ideals of independence and righteousness certainly might help today's society get back on track (if there was a track in the first place). As my dad wrote in his review, chapters 4, 15, and 16 are excellent because 15 and 16 actuall...

This book is astonishingly complete. Dr. Genovese has so many well-researched quotations, and he backs up statements about Southern opinions and thoughts with solid sources. Though it is not my place to give a complete review of the book, I will say that the southern ideals of independence and righteousness certainly might help today's society get back on track (if there was a track in the first place). As my dad wrote in his review, chapters 4, 15, and 16 are excellent because 15 and 16 actuall...

This book is astonishingly complete. Dr. Genovese has so many well-researched quotations, and he backs up statements about Southern opinions and thoughts with solid sources. Though it is not my place to give a complete review of the book, I will say that the southern ideals of independence and righteousness certainly might help today's society get back on track (if there was a track in the first place). As my dad wrote in his review, chapters 4, 15, and 16 are excellent because 15 and 16 actuall...

This book is astonishingly complete. Dr. Genovese has so many well-researched quotations, and he backs up statements about Southern opinions and thoughts with solid sources. Though it is not my place to give a complete review of the book, I will say that the southern ideals of independence and righteousness certainly might help today's society get back on track (if there was a track in the first place). As my dad wrote in his review, chapters 4, 15, and 16 are excellent because 15 and 16 actuall...

I started reading this over 2 years ago. I finally finished. It is an amazing book, well-researched and really takes you into the world of the southern slaveowner, as well as to northern rivals. It is a dense book with many quotes. Four chapters in particular were outstanding: Chapter 4, 15, 16, and 20. Provided tremendous insights into what seems to be the heart of the war for Southern Independence: namely the battle over the Bible. While slavery was the issue, the cultural differences between

I started reading this over 2 years ago. I finally finished. It is an amazing book, well-researched and really takes you into the world of the southern slaveowner, as well as to northern rivals. It is a dense book with many quotes. Four chapters in particular were outstanding: Chapter 4, 15, 16, and 20. Provided tremendous insights into what seems to be the heart of the war for Southern Independence: namely the battle over the Bible. While slavery was the issue, the cultural differences between

I started reading this over 2 years ago. I finally finished. It is an amazing book, well-researched and really takes you into the world of the southern slaveowner, as well as to northern rivals. It is a dense book with many quotes. Four chapters in particular were outstanding: Chapter 4, 15, 16, and 20. Provided tremendous insights into what seems to be the heart of the war for Southern Independence: namely the battle over the Bible. While slavery was the issue, the cultural differences between

I started reading this over 2 years ago. I finally finished. It is an amazing book, well-researched and really takes you into the world of the southern slaveowner, as well as to northern rivals. It is a dense book with many quotes. Four chapters in particular were outstanding: Chapter 4, 15, 16, and 20. Provided tremendous insights into what seems to be the heart of the war for Southern Independence: namely the battle over the Bible. While slavery was the issue, the cultural differences between