The Word in Black and White: Reading "Race" in American Literature, 1638-1867 by Dana D. Nelson

The Word in Black and White: Reading "Race" in American Literature, 1638-1867

Dana D. Nelson

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Dana Nelson provides a study of the ways in which Anglo-American authors constructed "race" in their works from the time of the first British colonists through the period of the Civil War. She focuses on some eleven texts, ranging from widely-know...

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