Family money : property, race, and literature in the nineteenth century /

Combining nuanced literary interpretations with significant legal cases, 'Family Money' reveals a shared preoccupation with the financial quandaries emerging from interracial sexuality in nineteenth-century America. At stake, Clymer shows, were the very notions of family and the long-term...

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Main Author:	Clymer, Jeffory A.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Series:	Oxford studies in American literary history.
Subjects:	American literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Miscegenation (Racist theory) in literature. Intimacy (Psychology) in literature. Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century. Interracial marriage > United States. Mestizaje in literature. Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique. Métissage dans la littérature. Intimité dans la littérature. Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle. Mariage interracial > États-Unis. Mestizaje in literature American literature Interracial marriage Intimacy (Psychology) in literature Literature and society Miscegenation (Racist theory) in literature United States English. Languages & Literatures. American Literature. 1800-1899 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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Summary:	Combining nuanced literary interpretations with significant legal cases, 'Family Money' reveals a shared preoccupation with the financial quandaries emerging from interracial sexuality in nineteenth-century America. At stake, Clymer shows, were the very notions of family and the long-term distribution of wealth in the United States.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780199980123 0199980128