About the Author

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese (1941-2007) was Eleonore Raoul Professor of the Humanities and professor of history at Emory University. Her other books include Feminism Without Illusions: A Critique of Individualism and Fruits of Merchant Capital: Slavery and Bourgeois Property in the Rise and Expansion of Capitalism.

Reviews

"Asks us to put aside simple generalizations and explore the complicated world that masters and slaves built together on their terms, not ours. . . . Fox-Genovese provides a rich analysis . . . without losing her critical eye or her amazing capacity for empathy. Like no other historian before or since."
-- "Civil War Times"

[A] well-written and thoroughly researched social history.--"New Yorker"

An ambitious book . . . . Elizabeth Fox-Genovese elevates American women's history to a new level of sophistication.--Nell Irvin Painter, Princeton University

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese . . . . succeeds brilliantly.--Mechal Sobel, "New York Times Book Review"

Virtually every sentence stimulates and every page challenges. . . . A vivid, extensive chonicle of Southern women's daily existence .--"Publisher's Weekly"

�A� well-written and thoroughly researched social history."New Yorker"

"An ambitious book . . . . Elizabeth Fox-Genovese elevates American women's history to a new level of sophistication.Nell Irvin Painter, Princeton University"

"Elizabeth Fox-Genovese . . . . succeeds brilliantly.Mechal Sobel, "New York Times Book Review""

"Virtually every sentence stimulates and every page challenges. . . . A vivid, extensive chonicle of Southern women's daily existence ."Publisher's Weekly""

"Asks us to put aside simple generalizations and explore the complicated world that masters and slaves built together on their terms, not ours. . . . Fox-Genovese provides a rich analysis . . . without losing her critical eye or her amazing capacity for empathy. Like no other historian before or since."
-- "Civil War Times"
[A] well-written and thoroughly researched social history.

--"New Yorker"

An ambitious book . . . . Elizabeth Fox-Genovese elevates American women's history to a new level of sophistication.

--Nell Irvin Painter, Princeton University

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese . . . . succeeds brilliantly.

--Mechal Sobel, "New York Times Book Review"

Virtually every sentence stimulates and every page challenges. . . . A vivid, extensive chonicle of Southern women's daily existence .

--"Publisher's Weekly"

YA well-written and thoroughly researched social history.

"New Yorker"

"An ambitious book . . . . Elizabeth Fox-Genovese elevates American women's history to a new level of sophistication.

Nell Irvin Painter, Princeton University"

"Elizabeth Fox-Genovese . . . . succeeds brilliantly.

Mechal Sobel, "New York Times Book Review""

"Virtually every sentence stimulates and every page challenges. . . . A vivid, extensive chonicle of Southern women's daily existence .

"Publisher's Weekly""