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Cooking for the Quarters: Enslaved Women and the Labor of Care in the Antebellum South - Cambridge Studies on the American South West, Emily (University of Oxford)
Cooking for the Quarters: Enslaved Women and the Labor of Care in the Antebellum South - Cambridge Studies on the American South
West, Emily (University of Oxford)
This book illuminates the work of enslaved women forced to prepare food for the enslaved, revealing how the regimentation of this task informed wider systems of punishment and incentives. It will enlighten students and scholars interested in American history, African American history, and women and gender studies.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| To be released | August 31, 2026 |
| ISBN13 | 9781009544405 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 323 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 570 g (Weight (estimated)) |
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