Searching for Jim [[electronic resource] ] : slavery in Sam Clemens's world / / Terrell Dempsey |
Autore | Dempsey Terrell <1954-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | xvii, 316 p. : ill |
Disciplina |
818/.409
B |
Collana | Mark Twain and his circle series |
Soggetto topico |
Literature and society - United States - History - 19th century
Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century Slavery - Missouri - Hannibal - History - 19th century Slavery - United States - History - 19th century Authors, American - 19th century Slavery in literature Racism in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8262-6439-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450336703321 |
Dempsey Terrell <1954-> | ||
Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Searching for Jim [[electronic resource] ] : slavery in Sam Clemens's world / / Terrell Dempsey |
Autore | Dempsey Terrell <1954-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | xvii, 316 p. : ill |
Disciplina |
818/.409
B |
Collana | Mark Twain and his circle series |
Soggetto topico |
Literature and society - United States - History - 19th century
Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century Slavery - Missouri - Hannibal - History - 19th century Slavery - United States - History - 19th century Authors, American - 19th century Slavery in literature Racism in literature |
ISBN | 0-8262-6439-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782937803321 |
Dempsey Terrell <1954-> | ||
Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Searching for Jim : slavery in Sam Clemens's world / / Terrell Dempsey |
Autore | Dempsey Terrell <1954-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | xvii, 316 p. : ill |
Disciplina |
818/.409
B |
Collana | Mark Twain and his circle series |
Soggetto topico |
Literature and society - United States - History - 19th century
Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century Slavery - Missouri - Hannibal - History - 19th century Slavery - United States - History - 19th century Authors, American - 19th century Slavery in literature Racism in literature |
ISBN | 0-8262-6439-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 A Performance Spring 1891 - Hartford, Connecticut -- Chapter 2 1839 -- Chapter 3 Slavery and the Clemens Family -- Chapter 4 The Abolition Movement across the River -- Chapter 5 The Contest Begins -- Chapter 6 The Trial of Thompson, Work, and Burr -- Chapter 7 Judge John Marshall Clemens -- Chapter 8 Slavery and the Churches of Hannibal -- Chapter 9 The Theology of Slavery -- Chapter 10 The Face of Domestic Slavery in Hannibal -- Chapter 11 The Siege Begins -- Chapter 12 The Emancipation and Colonization Movement -- Chapter 13 1849 and 1850 Terror in Marion County -- Chapter 14 Sam Clemens and the Press in Slave Culture -- Chapter 15 Runaway Slaves and Slave Resistance -- Chapter 16 Battling Abolitionists in the Press The Enemy Without -- Chapter 17 Dehumanizing the Slave in the Press -- Chapter 18 The Slave Trade in Hannibal -- Chapter 19 Leaving Hannibal and Taking a Swipe at the Abolitionists -- Chapter 20 The Great Change The Railroad -- Chapter 21 Steamboating Days -- Chapter 22 Sam Clemens Comes Back to Fight -- Postscript -- Appendix -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825571003321 |
Dempsey Terrell <1954-> | ||
Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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