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Loyal subjects : bonds of nation, race, and allegiance in nineteenth-century America /

When one nation becomes two, or when two nations become one, what does national affiliation mean or require? Loyal Subjects answers this question by demonstrating how loyalty was used during the U.S. Civil War to define proper allegiance to the Union. Through an analysis of literary works written du...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Duquette, Elizabeth, 1963-
Autor Corporativo: American Literatures Initiative
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : pledging allegiance
  • Loyalty, oaths, and the nation
  • One big happy family, again?
  • Pledging allegiance in Henry James
  • Loyalty's slaves
  • Philosophies of loyalty.