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Abolitionist Geographies / Martha Schoolman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schoolman, Martha, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.
- Antislavery movements.
- Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century.
- Abolitionists.
- Geography in literature.
- Antislavery movements in literature.
- African Americans in literature.
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Delany, Martin Robison, 1812-1885--Criticism and interpretation.
- Delany, Martin Robison.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882--Criticism and interpretation.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo.
- Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884--Criticism and interpretation.
- Brown, William Wells.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896--Criticism and interpretation.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Traditional narratives of the period leading up to the Civil War are invariably framed in geographical terms. The sectional descriptors of the North, South, and West, like the wartime categories of Union, Confederacy, and border states, mean little without reference to a map of the United States. In Abolitionist Geographies, Martha Schoolman contends that antislavery writers consistently refused those standard terms. Through the idiom Schoolman names "abolitionist geography," these writers instead expressed their dissenting views about the westward extension of slavery, the intensification of
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction: What Is Abolitionist Geography?; 1. Emerson's Hemisphere; 2. August First and the Practice of Disunion; 3. William Wells Brown's Critical Cosmopolitanism; 4. Uncle Tom's Cabin's Anti-expansionism; 5. The Maroon's Moment, 1856- 1861; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4529-4212-9
- OCLC:
- 894278353
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