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Immigration, ethnicity, and class in American writing, 1830-1860 : reading the stranger /

This book examines fiction and nonfiction texts from the period 1830 to 1860 to demonstrate how major and minor American writers constructed their country's identity by contrasting their own characteristics with those of innumerable immigrants. Confronted with newcomers whose cultural and socia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Buonomo, Leonardo
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, MD : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2014]
Subjects:	American literature > 19th century > History and criticism. National characteristics, American, in literature. Immigrants in literature. Ethnicity in literature. Race in literature. Social classes in literature. Group identity in literature. Nationalism and literature > United States > History > 19th century. Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century. Electronic books.
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