Deep south : a social anthropological study of caste and class /

A classic examination of the lived realities of American racism, now with a new foreword from Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson. First published in 1941, Deep South is a landmark work of anthropology, documenting in startling and nuanced detail the everyday realities of American racism. Living...

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Main Authors: Davis, Allison (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Davis, Allison, 1902-1983 (Author), Gardner, Burleigh B (Burleigh Bradford), 1902-1985 (Author), Gardner, Burleigh B. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Gardner, Mary R. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter, Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Gardner, Burleigh B, Gardner, Mary R, Warner, W. Lloyd (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Wilkerson, Isabel (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb, writer of foreword)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2022
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2022]
Chicago : 2022
Edition:Enlarged second edition /
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Isabel Wilkerson
  • Preface
  • Part I. Deep south : a social anthropological study of caste and class / W. Lloyd Warner
  • The system of color-castes
  • The class system of the white caste
  • The white upper-class family
  • The white middle-class family
  • The white lower-class family
  • Social cliques in the white society
  • Social mobility within the white caste
  • The class system fo the colored caste
  • Part II. Intimidation of labor
  • The plantation in the social setting
  • Relation between the caste system and the economic system
  • Caste, class, and local government : white power
  • Retrospect, 1965 : power and caste
  • Afterword, 1986 / Burleigh B. Gardner
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • Foreword by Isabel Wilkerson
  • Preface
  • Part I
  • 1. Introduction: Deep South-A Social Anthropological Study of Caste and Class W. Lloyd Warner
  • 2. The System of Color-Castes
  • 3. The Class System of the White Caste
  • 4. The White Upper-Class Family
  • 5. The White Middle-Class Family
  • 6. The White Lower-Class Family
  • 7. Social Cliques in the White Society
  • 8. Social Mobility within the White Caste
  • 9. The Class System of the Colored Caste
  • Part II
  • 10. Intimidation of Labor
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Part I
  • 1 Introduction: Deep South- A Social Anthropological Study of Caste and Class
  • 2 The System of Color- Castes
  • 3 The Class System of the White Caste
  • 4 The White Upper- Class Family
  • 5 The White Middle- Class Family
  • 6 The White Lower- Class Family
  • 7 Social Cliques in the White Society
  • 8 Social Mobility within the White Caste
  • 9 The Class System of the Colored Caste
  • Part II
  • 10 Intimidation of Labor
  • 11 The Plantation in Its Social Setting
  • 12 Relation between the Caste System and the Economic System
  • 13 Caste, Class, and Local Government: White Power
  • 14 Retrospect, 1965: Power and Caste
  • Afterword, 1986
  • Index
  • 11. The Plantation in Its Social Setting
  • 12. Relation between the Caste System and the Economic System
  • 13. Caste, Class, and Local Government: White Power
  • 14. Retrospect, 1965: Power and Caste
  • Afterword, 1986 Burleigh B. Gardner
  • Index