Mastered by the clock : time, slavery, and freedom in the American South /
Smith, Mark M. 1968-
Mastered by the clock : time, slavery, and freedom in the American South / Mark M. Smith. - [First edition]. - xx, 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies . - Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-291) and index.
Time in southern slave society -- Times democratic : clocks, watches, makers, and owners, 1700-1900 -- Taming time's pinions, weaving time's web : of times natural, sacred, and secular, 1700-1900 -- Apostles of progress, agents of time : consolidating time consciousness in the south, 1750-1865 -- Master time, 1750-1865 -- Time in African American work and culture -- New south, old time -- Times hegemonic : standard time.
This 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.
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97007045
1700-1899
Slavery--History--Southern States--18th century.
Slavery--History--Southern States--19th century.
Time--Social aspects--History--Southern States--18th century.
Time--Social aspects--History--Southern States--19th century.
Plantation life--History--Southern States--18th century.
Plantation life--History--Southern States--19th century.
Plantation life.
Slavery.
Social conditions
Time--Social aspects.
Southern States--Social conditions.
Southern States.
Sociology USA South Regional time Smith, Mark M. Timekeeper (general)
History.
Mastered by the clock : time, slavery, and freedom in the American South / Mark M. Smith. - [First edition]. - xx, 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies . - Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-291) and index.
Time in southern slave society -- Times democratic : clocks, watches, makers, and owners, 1700-1900 -- Taming time's pinions, weaving time's web : of times natural, sacred, and secular, 1700-1900 -- Apostles of progress, agents of time : consolidating time consciousness in the south, 1750-1865 -- Master time, 1750-1865 -- Time in African American work and culture -- New south, old time -- Times hegemonic : standard time.
This 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.
0807823449 9780807823446 0807846937 9780807846933 0807846686 9780807846681
97007045
1700-1899
Slavery--History--Southern States--18th century.
Slavery--History--Southern States--19th century.
Time--Social aspects--History--Southern States--18th century.
Time--Social aspects--History--Southern States--19th century.
Plantation life--History--Southern States--18th century.
Plantation life--History--Southern States--19th century.
Plantation life.
Slavery.
Social conditions
Time--Social aspects.
Southern States--Social conditions.
Southern States.
Sociology USA South Regional time Smith, Mark M. Timekeeper (general)
History.