Wyatt-Brown's Honor And Violence In The Old South
Book Review: HONOR AND VIOLENCE IN THE OLD SOUTH
Don Hill
Wyatt-Brown, Bertam, HONOR AND VIOLENCE IN THE OLD SOUTH, Oxford University, New York, 1986 (1).
More attention should be paid to the honor and violence in America prior to the Civil War.
The book reviewed is the Honor and Violence in the old South. Wyatt-Brown defined honor as the inner conviction of self-worth, the claim of that self-assessment before the public, and the assessment of the claim by the public, a judgement based upon the behavior of the claimant (2). In other words, honor is reputation and society status. (3). Wyatt-Brown states Honor is ingrained in the Southern culture and that the white southerners, prior Civil War, adhered to a moral code that is called the rule of honor. The Europeans started the honor code long before coming to America. Wyatt-Brown uses a person a white teenage boy name James to present Honor in his Uncles life from Nathaniel Hawthorne book titled …show more content…
In analysis of this book, Wyatt-Brown book states that the southernern whites believed and conducted their daily lives mostly in ruling slaves. I agree with the author that is how the southerners lived. After the civil war, the slaves were given their freedom. I was surprised on the level of Violence against their wives, and slaves. I understand through history that violence such as beating were use against the slaves, but surprised that some men got away with wife killings and the law ignored these crimes. In summary, The author Wyatt-Brown provided a lot of detail on Honor. Plus Wyatt-Brown uses examples to illustrate honor as well as class-ism in early colonial life. Is the book readable ? Yes the first four chapters discuss honor and how a southern male is judged by society. The author violence is combat, slave, tar and feathers, and wife killing.I recommend this book to other students to read about understanding the terrible side of the civil
Don Hill
Wyatt-Brown, Bertam, HONOR AND VIOLENCE IN THE OLD SOUTH, Oxford University, New York, 1986 (1).
More attention should be paid to the honor and violence in America prior to the Civil War.
The book reviewed is the Honor and Violence in the old South. Wyatt-Brown defined honor as the inner conviction of self-worth, the claim of that self-assessment before the public, and the assessment of the claim by the public, a judgement based upon the behavior of the claimant (2). In other words, honor is reputation and society status. (3). Wyatt-Brown states Honor is ingrained in the Southern culture and that the white southerners, prior Civil War, adhered to a moral code that is called the rule of honor. The Europeans started the honor code long before coming to America. Wyatt-Brown uses a person a white teenage boy name James to present Honor in his Uncles life from Nathaniel Hawthorne book titled …show more content…
In analysis of this book, Wyatt-Brown book states that the southernern whites believed and conducted their daily lives mostly in ruling slaves. I agree with the author that is how the southerners lived. After the civil war, the slaves were given their freedom. I was surprised on the level of Violence against their wives, and slaves. I understand through history that violence such as beating were use against the slaves, but surprised that some men got away with wife killings and the law ignored these crimes. In summary, The author Wyatt-Brown provided a lot of detail on Honor. Plus Wyatt-Brown uses examples to illustrate honor as well as class-ism in early colonial life. Is the book readable ? Yes the first four chapters discuss honor and how a southern male is judged by society. The author violence is combat, slave, tar and feathers, and wife killing.I recommend this book to other students to read about understanding the terrible side of the civil