Abstract
A commentary of Shearer Davis Bowman's essay on Honor and Martialism in the U.S. and Prussian East Elbia during the Mid-Nineteenth Century.
Without a second and unarmed, I have no inclination to offer a fundamental challenge to Professor Bowman's argument or his character. In fact, he has served us well by focusing on honor, martialism, and dueling as indices of comparison between the antebellum planters and the pre-1848 Junkers. I would like to build on the wealth of detail he has provided to help clarify the larger comparison between the South and Prussia.
Document Type
Response or Comment
ISBN
0878054545
Publication Date
1990
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Copyright © 1990 University Press of Mississippi. This comment article first appeared in What Made the South Different?
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Recommended Citation
Ayers, Edward L. Commentary of "Honor and Martialism in the U.S. South and Prussian East Elbia during the Mid-Nineteenth Century." In What Made the South Different?, edited by Kees Gispen, 40-48. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1990.