The Word in Black and White: Reading "Race" in American Literature, 1638-1867

by Stephanie Nelson and Dana D. Nelson

Book Overview

Dana Nelson provides a study of the ways in which Anglo-American authors constructed "race" in their works from the time of the first British colonists through the period of the Civil War. She focuses on some eleven texts, ranging from widely-known to little-considered, that deal with the relations among Native, African, and Anglo-Americans, and places her readings in the historical, social, and material contexts of an evolving U.S. colonialism and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195089278
• ISBN13: 9780195089271
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"