Traveling south [[electronic resource] ] : travel narratives and the construction of American identity / / John D. Cox

• Autore: Cox John David
• Pubblicazione: Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 917.3/04
• Soggetto topico: National characteristics, American - History; Travelers' writings, American; Travel in literature; National characteristics, American, in literature; American literature - 1783-1850 - History and criticism; American literature - 19th century - History and criticism
• Soggetto geografico: United States Description and travel Sources; Southern States Description and travel Sources; United States Civilization 1783-1865 Sources; Southern States In literature
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-241) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Representing America : the American as traveler in the work of J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur and William Bartram -- Moving slaves : Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, and the politics of travel in antebellum America -- Domestic travel : the narratives of Fanny Kemble and Harriet Jacobs -- Yeomen all : Frederick Law Olmsted and the consolidation of the American economy and culture -- Tourists with guns (and pens) : Union soldiers and the Civil War South.
• Titolo autorizzato: Traveling south
• ISBN: 1-282-72611-0; 9786612726118; 0-8203-3086-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819283503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II