- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 256 p.)
- Series Statement
- America and the long 19th century
- Uniform Title
- Bonds of citizenship (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Bonds of citizenship (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-247) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction : "A man from another country" : citizenship and the bonds of labor -- Bound by law : apprenticeship and the culture of 'free' labor -- Civic virtues : narrative form and the trial of character in early America -- Fugitive bonds : contract and the culture of constitutionalism -- Hereditary bondsman : Frederick Douglass and the spirit of the law -- "If man will strike" : Moby Dick and the letter of the law -- Conclusion : the labors of emancipation : founded law and freedom defined.
- LCCN
- 2012035343
- OCLC
- ssj0000855833
- Author
Phan, Hoang Gia.
- Title
Bonds of citizenship [electronic resource] : law and the labors of emancipation / Hoang Gia Phan.
- Imprint
New York : New York University Press, c2013.
- Series
America and the long 19th century
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-247) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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