The Civilization of the Old South Writings of Clement Eaton /

Eaton, Clement, 1898-1980.

The Civilization of the Old South Writings of Clement Eaton / edited with an introduction by Albert D. Kirwan. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1968. - 1 online resource (326 pages)

Includes bibliographical references.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; INTRODUCTION; ONE: The Great Generation; TWO: Kentucky Planter; THREE: The Art of Politics in the West; FOUR: The Southern Yeoman: The Humorists' View; FIVE: The Creole Civilization; SIX: Politics and Human Slavery; SEVEN: Calhoun and State Rights; EIGHT: Freedom of Conscience in Politics; NINE: The Religious Experience; TEN: The Intellectual Blockade; ELEVEN: The Conservative Revolt; TWELVE: The Loss of the Will to Fight; THIRTEEN: The Dynamics of the Southern Mind.

Exhibiting a clear, straightforward style, his many works are marked by a comprehensiveness and a catholicity of view. There is hardly an element of southern thought or society, hardly a major movement of any kind or an event of any significance that has escaped his penetrating thought and discerning analysis. This volume of Eaton's selected writings forms a rich and provocative mosaic of southern life from the years of Thomas Jefferson to the close of the Civil War. These selections, perceptively edited by Albert D. Kinvan, 'show the wide range of Eaton's interests, including the impact of sl.



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