From Homicide to Slavery : Studies in American Culture.

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This collection of the author's selected essays reflect his wide-ranging interests in American colonial history, Afro-American history, the social sciences and American literature. Amongst his topics are capital punishment, the American anti-slavery movement and the cowboy as American hero.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, David Brion
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
Temas:
Slavery > United States.
Violence > United States > History.
Slavery > United States > Historiography.
National characteristics, American.
Esclavage > États-Unis.
Violence > États-Unis > Histoire.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Historiographie.
Civilization
National characteristics, American
Race relations
Slavery
Slavery > Historiography
Violence
United States > Race relations.
West (U.S.) > Civilization.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
West United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS; I. VIOLENCE AND VIRILITY IN AMERICAN CULTURE; 1. Murder in New Hampshire; 2. The Movement To Abolish Capital Punishment in America, 1787-1861; 3. Violence in American Literature; 4. Stress-Seeking and the Self-Made Man in American Literature, 1894-1914; II. THE REDEEMING WEST; 5. Ten-Gallon Hero; 6. The Deerslayer, A Democratic Knight of the Wilderness: Cooper, 1841; 7. Marlboro Country; 8. Secrets of the Mormons; III. PROBLEMS OF LOYALTY AND IDENTITY; 9. Patricide and Regicide.

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