Romantic Migrations: Local, National, and Transnational Dispositions

by Michael Wiley

Book Overview

Analyzing real, speculative, and imaginary schemes of migration to and from Britain, Romantic Migrations addresses three interrelated movements: between France and Britain after the French Revolution, between Britain and North America after the American Revolution, and between West Africa and Britain after English slavery was outlawed. At this time and within these spaces, radical changes destabilized Britons' sense of individual, local, and national...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230604684
• ISBN13: 9780230604681
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"