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UNINA9910451870003321 |
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Kowaleski-Wallace Elizabeth <1954-> |
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The British slave trade and public memory / / Elizabeth Kowaleski Wallace |
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New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2006 |
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©2006 |
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0-231-13715-X |
0-231-51031-4 |
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1 online resource (263 pages) : illustrations |
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Slave trade - Great Britain - History - Public opinion |
Public opinion - Great Britain |
Slave trade in literature |
Slavery in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction. Millennial Reckonings -- 1. Commemorating the Transatlantic Slave Trade in Liverpool and Bristol -- 2. Fictionalizing Slavery in the United Kingdom, 1990-2000 -- 3. Seeing Slavery and the Slave Trade -- 4. Transnationalism and Performance in 'Biyi Bandele's Oroonoko -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
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How does a contemporary society restore to its public memory a momentous event like its own participation in transatlantic slavery? What are the stakes of once more restoring the slave trade to public memory? What can be learned from this history? Elizabeth Kowaleski Wallace explores these questions in her study of depictions and remembrances of British involvement in the slave trade. Skillfully incorporating a range of material, Wallace discusses and analyzes how museum exhibits, novels, television shows, movies, and a play created and produced in Britain from 1990 to 2000 grappled with the subject of slavery. Topics discussed include a walking tour in the former slave-trading port of Bristol; novels by Caryl Phillips and Barry Unsworth; a |
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television adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park; and a revival of Aphra Behn's Oroonoko for the Royal Shakespeare Company. In each case, Wallace reveals how these works and performances illuminate and obscure the history of the slave trade and its legacy. While Wallace focuses on Britain, her work also speaks to questions of how the United States and other nations remember inglorious chapters from their past. |
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UNINA9910788047103321 |
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Green Matthew N. |
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Underdog Politics : The Minority Party in the U.S. House of Representatives / / Matthew N. Green |
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New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
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POL006000POL015000POL042020 |
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Political parties - United States |
Opposition (Political science) - United States |
United States Politics and government 1945-1989 |
United States Politics and government 1989- |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- One. The Politics Of The Minority Party -- Two. Electioneering -- Three. Messaging -- Four. Obstructing -- Five. Legislating -- Six. The Minority Party And American Politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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In the first comprehensive study of the subject in decades, political scholar Matthew Green disputes the conventional belief that the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives is an unimportant political player. Examining the record of the House minority party from 1970 to the present, and drawing from a wide range of quantitative and qualitative data, Green shows how and why the minority seeks to influence legislative and political outcomes and demonstrates that the |
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party's efforts can succeed. The result is a fascinating appreciation of what the House minority can do and why it does it, providing readers with new insights into the workings of this famously contentious legislative chamber. |
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