Charleston and the Emergence of Middle-Class Culture in the Revolutionary Era

by Jennifer Lee Goloboy and Jennifer L. Goloboy

Book Overview

Too often, says Jennifer L. Goloboy, we equate being middle class with "niceness"--a set of values frozen in the antebellum period and centered on long-term economic and social progress and a close, nurturing family life. Goloboy's case study of merchants in Charleston, South Carolina, looks to an earlier time to establish the roots of middle-class culture in America. She argues for a definition more applicable to the ruthless pursuit of profit...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820355461
• ISBN13: 9780820355467
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"