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Author:

Phan, Hoang Gia.

Title:

Bonds of citizenship : law and the labors of emancipation / Hoang Gia Phan.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

x, 256 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Slaves--History.--United States--History.
Citizenship--United States--Philosophy.
Citizenship--United States--History.
Slavery--United States--History.
Indentured servants--History.--United States--History.
Social structure--United States--History.
Slavery in literature.
Citizenship in literature.
Master and servant in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-247) and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

America and the long 19th century

ISBN:

0814771920 (ebk.)
9780814771921 (ebk.)
0814738931 (ebk.)
9780814738931 (ebk.)
081477170X (pbk.)
9780814771709 (pbk.)
0814738478 (cloth)
9780814738474 (cloth)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)809421377

LCCN:

2012035343

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)