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Edith Wharton and the politics of race /
Edith Wharton feared that the 'ill-bred', foreign and poor would overwhelm an American elite. Drawing on a range of turn-of-the-century social documents, unpublished archival material and Wharton's major novels, Kassanoff argues that a fuller appreciation of American culture and democ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
©2004 |
| Colección: | Cambridge studies in American literature and culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Edith Wharton feared that the 'ill-bred', foreign and poor would overwhelm an American elite. Drawing on a range of turn-of-the-century social documents, unpublished archival material and Wharton's major novels, Kassanoff argues that a fuller appreciation of American culture and democracy becomes available through an engagement with these controversial views. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-213) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511230877 9780511230875 0511231644 9780511231643 0511229259 9780511229251 0511230095 9780511230097 9780511485558 0511485557 9780521830898 0521830893 1107160537 9781107160538 1280703032 9781280703034 0511331576 9780511331572 |