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Excerpt from The Patriarch, or Family Library Magazine, 1842, Vol. 2 But this kind of apparel does not look any better on those who are not children. Sometimes a coat that would ill become a boy, well becomes a man. But th1s is not a coat of this kind. It never looked well on any rational being, high or low, young or old. I was struck the other day with the appearance of a man. A laborer in his employment had accidently injured an article of some value. There was tinder about him and here was a spark. There was not boisterous passion, but a spirit of fretfulness. You careless, good-for-nothing fellow, just see what you have done. You are as stupid as a Hottentot. You are not fit to be trusted With any thing. So the stream hissed away at this rate for 'some time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from Patriarch, or Family Library Magazine, 1841, Vol. 1 Is this the reading which can feed and refresh the mind? Can it ever be harmless? Can the epitaph of domestic virtue be written on such a column, and stand by the family altar, and the spirit of life survive? As well may the grave be expected'to give up its dead, or death change his office and become the minister of life. Can any commentary accompany such a volume as an antidote to its virulent invasion of the fountains of life? As well may the ashes of Napoleon sleep in the Hotel des Invalides, in Paris, without electrifying France. As well may the column of his fame rise and stand forth in the Vendome, and the moralist come and say, This is nothing but marble. That marble will speak. Those ashes will give a strange inspiration to the people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Becoming Bourgeois is the first study to focus on what historians have come to call the "middling sort," the group falling between the mass of yeoman farmers and the planter class that dominated the political economy of the antebellum South. Historian Frank J. Byrne investigates the experiences of urban merchants, village storekeepers, small-scale manufacturers, and their families, as well as the contributions made by this merchant class to the South's economy, culture, and politics in the decades before, and the years of, the Civil War. These merchant families embraced the South but were not of the South. At a time when Southerners rarely traveled far from their homes, merchants annually ventured forth on buying junkets to northern cities. Whereas the majority of Southerners enjoyed only limited formal instruction, merchant families often achieved a level of education rivaled only by the upper class -- planters. The southern merchant community also promoted the kind of aggressive business practices that New South proponents would claim as their own in the Reconstruction era and beyond. Along with discussion of these modern approaches to liberal capitalism, Byrne also reveals the peculiar strains of conservative thought that permeated the culture of southern merchants. While maintaining close commercial ties to the North, southern merchants embraced the religious and racial mores of the South. Though they did not rely directly upon slavery for their success, antebellum merchants functioned well within the slave-labor system. When the Civil War erupted, southern merchants simultaneously joined Confederate ranks and prepared to capitalize on the war's business opportunities, regardless of the outcome of the conflict. Throughout Becoming Bourgeois, Byrne highlights the tension between these competing elements of southern merchant culture. By exploring the values and pursuits of this emerging class, Byrne not only offers new insight into southern history but also deepens our understanding of the mutable ties between regional identity and the marketplace in nineteenth-century America.