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Counting bodies : population in colonial American writing /

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Looking to work by William Bradford, Anne Bradstreet, Richard Ligon, Mary Rowlandson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and others, Counting Bodies explores the imaginative, personal, and narrative writings that performed the cultural work of normalizing the enumeration of bodies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farrell, Molly
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
American literature > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > History and criticism.
American literature > Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 > History and criticism.
Population in literature.
Minorities in literature.
Literature and society > United States > History.
Littérature américaine > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 1775-1783 (Période révolutionnaire) > Histoire et critique.
Population dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature > Colonial period
American literature > Revolutionary period (United States)
Literature and society
Minorities in literature
Population in literature
United States
1600-1783
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Looking to work by William Bradford, Anne Bradstreet, Richard Ligon, Mary Rowlandson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and others, Counting Bodies explores the imaginative, personal, and narrative writings that performed the cultural work of normalizing the enumeration of bodies.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190277321
0190277327
9780190277338
0190277335