Literature and Humanitarian Reform in the Civil War Era

by Gregory Eiselein

A literary and cultural examination of philanthropy in the Civil War era. This book points toward a less coercive and more egalitarian humanitarianism. Among the figures discussed are: the anti-philanthropic Henry David Thoreau; John Brown; African American writers Harriet Wilson and Harriet Jacobs; and Walt Whitman and Louisa May Alcott.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253330424
• ISBN13: 9780253330420
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"