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Author:

Frost, Linda.

Title:

Never one nation : freaks, savages, and whiteness in U.S. popular culture, 1850-1877 / Linda Frost.

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xix, 241 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Popular culture--United States--History--19th century.
Racism in popular culture--United States--History--19th century.
Whites--Race identity--United States.
African Americans in popular culture--History--19th century.
Indians in popular culture--United States--History--19th century.
Freak shows--History--United States--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-229) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : blinding whiteness and "the wonder of America" -- Roving savages, regionalized Americanness, and the 1862 Dakota Wars -- Emancipation anxiety and the New York City draft riots -- The white gaze, the spectacle of slavery, and the Circassian beauty -- A peculiar identity in the Confederate Southern Illustrated News -- The Yankee, the stump, and the creation of a Confederate imaginary -- What the railroad brought : the "heathen Chinee" and a nation in the West -- The woman question, coast to coast -- Conclusion : consumption, community, and the correspondence column.

ISBN:

9780816644902 (pb : alk. paper)
081664490X (pb : alk. paper)
9780816644896 (alk. paper)
0816644896 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56686376

LCCN:

2004022992

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

E7OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)