Publication

2004-08-30 - Louisiana State University Press

Language

English

Word Count

38,000 words, Guess

Page Count

152 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2004011046
  • Goodreads1599392
  • LibraryThing8155856

Classifications

  • LCCLA227.2 .P33 2004

Description

"Robert F. Pace looks at the world of male student college life in the antebellum South. Through extensive research into records, letters, and diaries of students and faculty from more than twenty institutions, Pace creates a vivid portrait of adolescent rebelliousness struggling with the ethic to cultivate a public face of industry, respect, and honesty. These future leaders confronted authority figures, made friends, studied, courted, frolicked, drank, gambled, cheated, and dueled - all within the established traditions of their southern culture."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

AN ASSESSMENT of college students: "They attend classes but make no effort to learn anything"; "They frequently learn what they would better ignore"; "On obscure points they depend upon their own judgment . . . so they become masters of error."

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Halls Of Honor: College Men In The Old SouthHardcoverLouisiana State University Press2004-08-30

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