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Counterfeit Gentlemen
Manhood and Humor in the Old South
Häftad, 2011
316 kr
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Counterfeit Gentlemen is a stunning reappraisal of Southern manhood and identity that uses humor and humorists to carry the reader into the very heart of antebellum culture.What does it mean to be a man in the pre-Civil War South? And how can we answer the question from the perspective of the early …
Counterfeit Gentlemen
Manhood and Humor in the Old South
E-bok, 2009
179 kr
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What does it mean to be a man in the pre–Civil War South? And how can we answer the question from the perspective of the early twenty-first century? John Mayfield does so by revealing how early nineteenth-century Southern humorists addressed the anxieties felt by men seeking to chart a new path …
Field of Honor
Essays on Southern Character and American Identity
Av Todd Hagstette, John Mayfield
E-bok, 2017
749 kr
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Current research on the history and evolution of moral standards and their role in Southern society For more than thirty years, the study of honor has been fundamental to understanding southern culture and history. Defined chiefly as reputation or public esteem, honor penetrated virtually every …
Engine of Complexity
Evolution as Computation
Inbunden, 2013
428 kr
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The concepts of evolution and complexity theory have become part of the intellectual ether permeating the life sciences, the social and behavioral sciences, and, more recently, management science and economics. In this book, John E. Mayfield elegantly synthesizes core concepts from multiple …
Field of Honor
Essays on Southern Character and American Identity
Av John Mayfield, Todd Hagtette
Inbunden, 2017
762 kr
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For more than thirty years, the study of honor has been fundamental to understanding southern culture and history. Defined chiefly as reputation or public esteem, honor penetrated virtually every aspect of southern ethics and behavior, including race, gender, law, education, religion, and violence. …
