The landed gentry / by Burnham, Sophy

Speech of the Hon. M.P. Gentry, by Gentry, M. P. 1809-1866

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Plain folk and gentry in a slave society : white liberty and Black slavery in Augusta's hinterlands / by Harris, J. William, 1946-

Bound by bondage : slavery and the creation of a northern gentry / by Maskiell, Nicole Saffold, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Manhunt -- Neger : Race, slavery, and status in the Dutch Northeast (1640s-1660s) -- Kolonist : Slaveholding and the survival of expansive Anglo-Dutch elite networks (1650s-1690s) -- Naam : Race, family, and connection on the borderlands (1680s-1690s) -- Bond : Forging an Anglo-Dutch slaveholding Northeast (1690s-1710s) -- Family : Kinship, ambition, and fear in a time of rebellions (1710s-1720s) -- Market : Creating kinship-based empires united by slaveholding (1730s-1750s) -- Identity : Navigating racial expectations to escape slavery (1750s-1760s) -- Conclusion : Gentry.…”
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Bound by bondage : slavery and the creation of a northern gentry / by Maskiell, Nicole Saffold, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Manhunt -- Neger : race, slavery, and status in the Dutch Northeast (1640s-60s) -- Kolonist : slaveholding and the survival of expansive Anglo-Dutch elite networks (1650s-90s) -- Naam : race, family, and connection on the borderlands (1680s-90s) -- Bond : forging an Anglo-Dutch slaveholding Northeast (1690s-1710s) -- Family : kinship, ambition, and fear in a time of rebellions (1710s-20s) -- Market : creating kinship-based empires united by slaveholding (1730s-50s) -- Identity : navigating racial expectations to escape slavery (1750s-60s) -- Conclusion: Gentry.…”
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Forced founders : Indians, debtors, slaves, and the making of the American Revolution in Virginia / by Holton, Woody

Subjects: “…Gentry Virginia History 18th century.…”

Forced founders : Indians, debtors, slaves, and the making of the American Revolution in Virginia / by Holton, Woody

Subjects: “…Gentry Virginia History 18th century.…”
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Forced founders : Indians, debtors, slaves, and the making of the American Revolution in Virginia / by Holton, Woody

Subjects: “…Gentry Virginia History 18th century.…”
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The art of dying : suicide in the works of Kate Chopin and Sylvia Plath. by Gentry, Deborah S. 1948-

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The making of Robert E. Lee / by Fellman, Michael

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Family, slavery, and love in the early American republic : the essays of Jan Ellen Lewis / by Lewis, Jan, 1949-2018

Table of Contents: “…Domestic Tranquillity and the Management of Emotion among the Gentry of Pre-Revolutionary Virginia --…”
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Rich Indians : Native people and the problem of wealth in American history / by Harmon, Alexandra, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…"Savages," rich and poor -- Indian gentry -- Civilized Indian nations -- Gilded age Indians -- Osage oil owners -- Riches reclaimed -- Gambling money.…”

Rich Indians : Native people and the problem of wealth in American history / by Harmon, Alexandra, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…"Savages," rich and poor -- Indian gentry -- Civilized Indian nations -- Gilded age Indians -- Osage oil owners -- Riches reclaimed -- Gambling money.…”
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Rich Indians : Native people and the problem of wealth in American history / by Harmon, Alexandra, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…"Savages," rich and poor -- Indian gentry -- Civilized Indian nations -- Gilded age Indians -- Osage oil owners -- Riches reclaimed -- Gambling money.…”
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Martha Washington : an American life / by Brady, Patricia, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Custis -- The widow Custis and Colonel Washington -- Gentry life at Mount Vernon -- Lady Washington and the American Revolution -- Valley Forge and eventual victory -- Mount Vernon and a new family -- The president's lady -- The torments of the second team -- "Under their vine and under their fig tree" -- The widow Washington -- The real Martha Washington.…”

Clio's southern sisters : interviews with leaders of the Southern Association for Women Historians /

Table of Contents: “…Carroll -- Martha Swain -- Judith F. Gentry -- Carol K. Bleser -- Elizabeth Jacoway -- Jo Ann (Jody) Carrigan -- Betty Brandon -- Margaret Ripley Wolfe -- Darlene Clark Hine -- Joanne V. …”
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The gentlemen and the roughs : manhood, honor, and violence in the Union Army / by Foote, Lorien, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The contested terms of manhood -- "A good moral regiment" : conduct unbecoming a gentleman -- "The model of the gentleman" : gentility and self-control -- "A regular old-fashioned free fight" : physical prowess and honor -- "If you will go with me outside the lines" : dueling and the degenerate affair of honor -- "The thick-fingered clowns" : social status and discipline -- "The shoulder-strap gentry" : officers, privates, and equal manhood -- Conclusion: The war for manhood -- Appendix: Note on method and sources.…”

The gentlemen and the roughs : manhood, honor, and violence in the Union Army / by Foote, Lorien, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The contested terms of manhood -- "A good moral regiment" : conduct unbecoming a gentleman -- "The model of the gentleman" : gentility and self-control -- "A regular old-fashioned free fight" : physical prowess and honor -- "If you will go with me outside the lines" : dueling and the degenerate affair of honor -- "The thick-fingered clowns" : social status and discipline -- "The shoulder-strap gentry" : officers, privates, and equal manhood -- Conclusion: The war for manhood -- Appendix: Note on method and sources.…”
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Disordered Violence : How Gender, Race and Heteronormativity Structure Terrorism

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Shaping Southern society : the colonial experience /

Table of Contents: “…The labor problems at Jamestown, 1607-18.--Laslett, P. The gentry of Kent in 1640.--Dunn, R. S. The English sugar islands and the founding of South Carolina.…”