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The Traumatic Colonel : The Founding Fathers, Slavery, and the Phantasmatic Aaron Burr /

"In American political fantasy, the Founding Fathers loom large, at once historical and mythical figures. In The Traumatic Colonel, Michael J. Drexler and Ed White examine the Founders as imaginative fictions, characters in the specifically literary sense, whose significance emerged from narrat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Drexler, Michael J.
Otros Autores: White, Ed, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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