The Emergence of American Literary Narrative, 1820-1860

The Emergence of American Literary Narrative, 1820-1860

Author: Jonathan Arac

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780674018693

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In the mid-nineteenth century writers such as Hawthorne and Melville produced works of fiction that even today help define American literature. In this work of innovative literary history, Jonathan Arac explains what made this remarkable creativity possible and what it accomplished.


Liberty for All?

Liberty for All?

Author: Joy Hakim

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9780195153279

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Presents the history of America from the earliest times of the Native Americans to the Clinton administration.


The Artistry of Anger

The Artistry of Anger

Author: Linda M. Grasso

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780807853481

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Grasso explores the ways in which black and white 19th-century women writers define, express, and dramatize anger. Offering close readings of works by Lydia Maria Child, Maria W. Stewart, Fanny Fern, and Harriet Wilson, she shows how women used an aesthetic of discontent to address such complex social and political issues as slavery, industrialization, imperialism, and race relations.


Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860

Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820-1860

Author: Robert A. Margo

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2009-02-15

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 0226505022

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Research by economists and economic historians has greatly expanded our knowledge of labor markets and real wages in the United States since the Civil War, but the period from 1820 to 1860 has been far less studied. Robert Margo fills this gap by collecting and analyzing the payroll records of civilians hired by the United States Army and the 1850 and 1860 manuscript federal Censuses of Social Statistics. New wage series are constructed for three occupational groups—common laborers, artisans, and white-collar workers—in each of the four major census regions—Northeast, Midwest, South Atlantic, and South Central—over the period 1820 to 1860, and also for California between 1847 and 1860. Margo uses these data, along with previously collected evidence on prices, to explore a variety of issues central to antebellum economic development. This volume makes a significant contribution to economic history by presenting a vast amount of previously unexamined data to advance the understanding of the history of wages and labor markets in the antebellum economy.


U.S. History

U.S. History

Author: P. Scott Corbett

Publisher:

Published: 2024-09-10

Total Pages: 1886

ISBN-13:

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U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.


Liberty for All?

Liberty for All?

Author: Joy Hakim

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9780195127591

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Discusses the period of growth in American history prior to the Civil War, describing the lives of people from a variety of backgrounds, including Jedediah Smith, Emily Dickinson, John James Audubon, and Sojourner Truth.


Slavery, Southern Culture, and Education in Little Dixie, Missouri, 1820-1860

Slavery, Southern Culture, and Education in Little Dixie, Missouri, 1820-1860

Author: Jeffrey C. Stone

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-13

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 1135516162

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This dissertation examines the cultural and educational history of central Missouri between 1820 and 1860, and in particular, the issue of master-slave relationships and how they affected education (broadly defined as the transmission of Southern culture). Although Missouri had one of the lowest slave populations during the Antebellum period, Central Missouri - or what became known as Little Dixie - had slave percentages that rivaled many regions and counties of the Deep South. However, slaves and slave owners interacted on a regular basis, which affected cultural transmission in the areas of religion, work, and community. Generally, slave owners in Little Dixie showed a pattern of paternalism in all these areas, but the slaves did not always accept their masters' paternalism, and attempted to forge a life of their own.