1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452526303321

Autore

Cowan William Tynes <1963, >

Titolo

The slave in the swamp : disrupting the plantation narrative / / William Tynes Cowan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-138-86865-5

0-203-95848-9

1-135-47052-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Literary criticism and cultural theory

Disciplina

326/.0973

Soggetti

Slavery - Southern States - History

Slaves - Southern States - Social conditions

African Americans - Southern States - Social conditions

Plantation life - Southern States - History

Electronic books.

Southern States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Introduction: Into the Dismal Swamp ; Section One: Introduction Identity and the Dynamics of Space; Chapter Two Sambo, Nat, and the Gentleman Planter: Notions of Self on the Plantation; Chapter Three The Slave in the Swamp: Claiming Space; Chapter Four John Pendleton Kennedys Swallow Barn and the Birth of Plantation Literature; Section Two: Introduction Literary Swamps of the 1850s; Chapter Five Proslavery Writers in the Wake of Uncle Tom's Cabin

Chapter Six African American Views of the Swamp: Slave Narratives and Early FictionChapter Seven Stowes Dred and the Discourse of Violence in the 1850s; Section Three: Introduction Reconciliation and the Lost Cause; Chapter Eight Dredging the Swamps: Joel Chandler Harris and the Packaging of African American Folklore; Chapter Nine The Cult of the Lost Cause and Thomas Nelson Page's ""No Haid Pawn""; Chapter Ten George Washington Cables The Grandissimes and Plantation



Narrative(s); Chapter Eleven Conclusion: The Body of the Maroon; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910346696603321

Autore

Taylor Graham D

Titolo

Imperial Standard : : Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian Oil Industry from 1880 / / Graham D. Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Calgary, : University of Calgary Press, 2019

[s.l.] : , : University of Calgary Press, , 2019

ISBN

9781773850368

1773850369

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (380 p.)

Collana

Energy Histories, Cultures, and Politics

Soggetti

Management of specific areas

Economic history

Development economics & emerging economies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

For over 130 years, Imperial Oil dominated Canada's oil industry. From Petrolia to Turner Valley, Imperial was always nearby and ready to take charge. Their 1947 discovery of crude oil in Leduc, Alberta transformed the industry and the country. But from 1899 onwards, two-thirds of the company was owned by an American giant, making Imperial Oil one of the largest foreign-controlled multinationals in Canada. Imperial Standard is the first full-scale history of Imperial Oil. It illuminates Imperial's longstanding connections to Standard Oil of New Jersey, also known as Exxon Mobil. Although this relationship was often beneficial to Imperial, allowing them access to technology and capital, it also came at a cost. During the energy crises of the 1970s and 80s, Imperial was assailed as the embodiment of foreign control of Canada's natural



resources, and in the 1990s it followed Exxon's lead in resisting charges that the oil industry contributes to climate change. Graham D. Taylor draws on an extensive collection of primary sources, including both the Imperial Oil and Exxon Mobil archives, to explore the complex relationship between the two companies. This groundbreaking history provides unprecedented insight into one of Canada's most influential oil companies as well as the industry itself.