The Complete Colonial Gentleman: Cultural Legitimacy in Plantation America - Softcover

Rozbicki, Michal J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813922364 ISBN 13: 9780813922362

Publisher: University of Virginia Press, 2003

Synopsis

The colonial plantation elite's persistent emulation of the British landed gentry has long intrigued American historians, who recently have insisted that the pursuit of this apparently outdated ideal was an impediment to the development of a distinctive American culture. In The Complete Colonial Gentleman, Michal J. Rozbicki argues that such a view misreads the legitimizing process and the history of culture.

Rozbicki's interpretation contrasts provocatively with recent studies of colonial America and demonstrates how the essentially conservative aspirations of colonial planter gentility foreshadowed distinctly American and democratice developments.

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About the Author

Michal J. Rozbicki is Associate Professor of History at Saint Louis University.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813922364
• ISBN 13: 9780813922362
• Binding: Paperback