Normans and Saxons : southern race mythology and the intellectual history of the American Civil War /
When Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina savagely caned Senator Charles Sumner Massachusetts on the floor of the U.S. Senate on May 21, 1856, southerners viewed the attack as a triumphant affirmation of southern chivalry, northerners as a confirmation of southern barbarity. Public opinio...
| Основен автор: | Watson, Ritchie Devon, Jr., 1943- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
℗♭2008.
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| Серия: |
Southern literary studies.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=237000 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Normans and Saxons. |
| Резюме: |
When Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina savagely caned Senator Charles Sumner Massachusetts on the floor of the U.S. Senate on May 21, 1856, southerners viewed the attack as a triumphant affirmation of southern chivalry, northerners as a confirmation of southern barbarity. Public opinion was similarly divided nearly three-and-a-half years later after abolitionist John Brown's raid on the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, with northerners crowning John Brown as a martyr to the cause of freedom as southerners excoriated him as a consciousness fanatic. These events opened. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (286 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780807134337 0807134333 0807133124 9780807133125 |