Wagging Tongues and Tittle Tattle: Gossip, Rumor, and Reputation in a Small Southern Town - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820374970ISBN-10:820374970UPC:9780820374970Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:African American & Black, United States, WomenBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.6812Product ID:SCW80H36ZQ
Wagging Tongues and Tittle Tattle: Gossip, Rumor, and Reputation in a Small Southern Town
In Wagging Tongues and Tittle Tattle, Sylvia Hoffert calls on a particularly rich collection of primary sources, including diaries, letters, oral histories, census data, court documents, church records, and psychiatric hospital logs, all relating to Hillsborough, North Carolina, to argue that gossip and rumor were central to the formation of interpersonal relationships and an integral part of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820374970ISBN-10:820374970UPC:9780820374970Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:African American & Black, United States, WomenBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.6812Product ID:SCW80H36ZQ
SYLVIA D. HOFFERT, a former professor of history at both UNC Chapel Hill and Texas A&M University, is the author of several books, including When Hens Crow: The Woman's Rights Movement in Antebellum America; A History of Gender in America; Jane Grey Swisshelm: An Unconventional Life; and Alva Vanderbilt Belmont: Unlikely Champion of Women's Rights. Hoffert lives and writes in the North...
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
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