Bonds of Citizenship : Law and the Labors of Emancipation /

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The author argues that in the age of Emancipation the cultural attributes of free personhood became identified with the legal rights and privileges of the citizen, and that individual freedom thus became identified with the nation-state. He situates the emergence of American citizenship and the Amer...

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Autor principal: Phan, Hoang Gia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social structure.
Slaves > Legal status, laws, etc.
Slavery in literature.
Slavery.
Master and servant in literature.
Indentured servants > Legal status, laws, etc.
Citizenship > Philosophy.
Citizenship in literature.
Citizenship.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
LAW > Public.
LAW > Constitutional.
Esclavage dans la litterature.
Structure sociale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire.
Social structure > United States > History.
Indentured servants > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History.
Slavery > United States > History.
Citizenship > United States > History.
Citizenship > United States > Philosophy.
Slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : "A man from another country" : citizenship and the bonds of labor
  • Bound by law : apprenticeship and the culture of "free" labor
  • Civic virtues : narrative form and the trial of character in early America
  • Fugitive bonds : contract and the culture of constitutionalism
  • Hereditary bondsman : Frederick Douglass and the spirit of the law
  • "If man will strike" : Moby-Dick and the letter of the law
  • Conclusion : the labors of emancipation : founded law and freedom defined.

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