time, slavery, and freedom in the American South
Edición de la obra Mastered by the clock
| Autor | Mark M. Smith |
|---|---|
| Editorial | University of North Carolina Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 1997 |
| Lugar | Chapel Hill |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 303 |
| ISBN-10 | 0807823449, 0807846937 |
| OCLC | 36417845 |
| LCCN | 97007045 |
| Serie | Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies |
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S655mMastered by the Clock is the first work to explore the evolution of clock-based time consciousness in the American South. Challenging traditional assumptions about the plantation economy's reliance on a promodern, nature-based conception of time, Mark M. Smith shows how and why southerners - particularly masters and their slaves - came to view the clock as a legitimate arbiter of time.