Michele Gillespie
Biographic Data
| ID | 3676948 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michele Gillespie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michele |
| FAMILY NAME | Gillespie |
| SIGNATURE | GILLESPIE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wake Forest University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
North Carolina Women
Short Notices
Pious Pursuits
Neither Lady nor Slave
Neither Lady nor Slave
Neither Lady Nor Slave: Working Women of the Old South. Edited by Susanna Delfino and Michele Gillespie. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. Pp. i, 324. Tables. Cloth $55.00; paper, $19.95.)This collection of thirteen essays proves that thousands of southern women who were neither lady nor slave worked in sophisticated ways to promote the well-being of their families and communities. Neither Lady nor Slave promises to direct S…
Neither Lady nor Slave
The world of the working woman in the old South of the USA has been largely neglected by historians. This text pushes southern history beyond the plantation to examine the lives and labours of ordinary southern women - white, free black and Indian. Contributors to this volume illuminate women's involvement in the southern market economy in all its diversity. Thirteen essays explore the working lives of a wide range of women - nuns and prostitutes…
Free Labor in an Unfree World
Free Labor in an Unfree World
Journal Article Free Labor in an Unfree World: White Artisans in Slaveholding Georgia, 1789–1860. By Michele Gillespie. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2000. xxiv, 236 pp. $40.00, ISBN 0-82031968-6.) Get access Mark M. Smith Mark M. Smith University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 4, March 2001, Page 1486, https…
Slavery, Freedom, and Culture among Early American Workers
Covering a chronological span from the seventeenth century to the Civil War, the book reunites black and labor history, including such major topics as the formation of slavery in the North, the American Revolution, blacks and the Workingmen's Movement, and interracial marriage before the Civil War. This book provides fascinating reading for students of American history, labor history, urban history, and black history
Taking Off the White Gloves
The Devil's Lane
Free Labor in an Unfree World
Taking off the White Gloves
The Devil's Lane
Beyond the Household
Journal Article Beyond the Household: Women's Place in the Early South, 1700–1835. By Cynthia A. Kierner. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998 and Taking Off the White Gloves: Southern Women and Women Historians. Ed. by Michele Gillespie and Catherine Clinton. (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1998. xii, 187 pp. $27.50, ISBN 0-8262-1209-3.) Get access Christie Anne Farnham Christie Anne Farnham Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Search fo…
The Devil's Lane
Journal Article The Devil's Lane: Sex and Race in the Early South. Ed. by Catherine Clinton and Michèle Gillespie. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. xx, 274 pp. Cloth, $35.00, ISBN 0-19-511242-3. Paper, $16.95, ISBN 0-19-511243-1.) Get access Martha Hodes Martha Hodes New York University, New York, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 2, September 1…
The Devil's Lane
The Devil's Lane
When Europeans settled in the early South, they quarreled over many things—but few imbroglios were so fierce as battles over land. Landowners wrangled bitterly over boundaries with neighbors and contested areas became known as “the devil's lane.” Violence and bloodshed were but some of the consequences to befall those who ventured into these disputed territories. This book highlights important new work on sexuality, race, and gender in the South …
Slave Life in Georgia
Elites and Masses
Slave Life in Georgia
The Devil's Lane
When Europeans settled in the early South, they quarreled over many things—but few imbroglios were so fierce as battles over land. Landowners wrangled bitterly over boundaries with neighbors and contested areas became known as “the devil's lane.” Violence and bloodshed were but some of the consequences to befall those who ventured into these disputed territories. This book highlights important new work on sexuality, race, and gender in the South …
The Devil's Lane
Journal Article The Devil's Lane: Sex and Race in the Early South. Ed. by Catherine Clinton and Michèle Gillespie. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. xx, 274 pp. Cloth, $35.00, ISBN 0-19-511242-3. Paper, $16.95, ISBN 0-19-511243-1.) Get access Martha Hodes Martha Hodes New York University, New York, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 2, September 1…
Elites and Masses
Slave Life in Georgia
The Devil's Lane
When Europeans settled in the early South, they quarreled over many things—but few imbroglios were so fierce as battles over land. Landowners wrangled bitterly over boundaries with neighbors and contested areas became known as “the devil's lane.” Violence and bloodshed were but some of the consequences to befall those who ventured into these disputed territories. This book highlights important new work on sexuality, race, and gender in the South …
The Devil's Lane
Journal Article The Devil's Lane: Sex and Race in the Early South. Ed. by Catherine Clinton and Michèle Gillespie. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. xx, 274 pp. Cloth, $35.00, ISBN 0-19-511242-3. Paper, $16.95, ISBN 0-19-511243-1.) Get access Martha Hodes Martha Hodes New York University, New York, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 2, September 1…
The Devil's Lane
Taking off the White Gloves
The Devil's Lane
Beyond the Household
Journal Article Beyond the Household: Women's Place in the Early South, 1700–1835. By Cynthia A. Kierner. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998 and Taking Off the White Gloves: Southern Women and Women Historians. Ed. by Michele Gillespie and Catherine Clinton. (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1998. xii, 187 pp. $27.50, ISBN 0-8262-1209-3.) Get access Christie Anne Farnham Christie Anne Farnham Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Search fo…
Taking Off the White Gloves
The Devil's Lane
Free Labor in an Unfree World
Free Labor in an Unfree World
Free Labor in an Unfree World
Journal Article Free Labor in an Unfree World: White Artisans in Slaveholding Georgia, 1789–1860. By Michele Gillespie. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2000. xxiv, 236 pp. $40.00, ISBN 0-82031968-6.) Get access Mark M. Smith Mark M. Smith University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 4, March 2001, Page 1486, https…
Slavery, Freedom, and Culture among Early American Workers
Covering a chronological span from the seventeenth century to the Civil War, the book reunites black and labor history, including such major topics as the formation of slavery in the North, the American Revolution, blacks and the Workingmen's Movement, and interracial marriage before the Civil War. This book provides fascinating reading for students of American history, labor history, urban history, and black history
Neither Lady nor Slave
The world of the working woman in the old South of the USA has been largely neglected by historians. This text pushes southern history beyond the plantation to examine the lives and labours of ordinary southern women - white, free black and Indian. Contributors to this volume illuminate women's involvement in the southern market economy in all its diversity. Thirteen essays explore the working lives of a wide range of women - nuns and prostitutes…
Neither Lady nor Slave
Neither Lady Nor Slave: Working Women of the Old South. Edited by Susanna Delfino and Michele Gillespie. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. Pp. i, 324. Tables. Cloth $55.00; paper, $19.95.)This collection of thirteen essays proves that thousands of southern women who were neither lady nor slave worked in sophisticated ways to promote the well-being of their families and communities. Neither Lady nor Slave promises to direct S…
Neither Lady nor Slave
Pious Pursuits
Short Notices
North Carolina Women
History (16 works) · History (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Gender Studies (10 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Race, History, and American Society (8 works) · American History and Culture (6 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (6 works) · White (mutation (5 works)