Reading and Disorder in Antebellum America [first ed.] 9780814211588

Historians of workingmen in the antebellum United States have long been preoccupied with labor politics and with the rac

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Reading and Disorder in Antebellum America [first ed.]
9780814211588

Ghosts. Railroads. Sing Sing. Sex machines. These are just a few of the phenomena that appear in John Lardas Modern’s pi

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Selected portions from Pacifism in the United States: From the Colonial Era to the First World War Originally published

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Selected portions from Pacifism in the United States: From the Colonial Era to the First World War Originally publishe

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Featuring more than 75 illustrations, Selling Antislavery offers a thorough case study of the role of reform movements i

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Anglophilia charts the phenomenon of the love of Britain that emerged after the Revolution and remains in the character

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A lively exploration of this nineteenth-century reform movement, The Abolitionist Sisterhood includes chapters on the pr

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Traditionally, scholars of authorship in antebellum America have approached their subject through the lens of profession

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Gripping re-examination of the rendition of Anthony Burns On June 2, 1854, crowds lined the streets of Boston, hissin

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