Lowance, Mason I., Jr.

Broschiertes Buch

A House Divided

The Antebellum Slavery Debates in America, 1776-1865

Herausgeber: Lowance, Mason I.

Beschreibung

Provides an overview of the antebellum slavery debate and its key issues and participants. This book introduces each selection, locating it historically, culturally, and thematically as well as linking it to other writings. The documents represent the full scope of the varied debates over slavery.

Autor

Mason I. Lowance, Jr., is Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the author of The Language of Canaan: Metaphor and Symbol in New England from the Puritans to the Transcendentalists and Increase Mather and the editor of Against Slavery: An Abolitionist Reader and The Stowe Debate: Rhetorical Strategies in Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 868g
• ISBN-13: 9780691002286
• ISBN-10: 0691002282
• Artikelnr.: 22223515