Trafficking Subjects The Politics of Mobility in Nineteenth-Century America |
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| Author:
| Simpson, Mark |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8166-4163-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2004 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $26.50 |
Book Description:
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In America, travel has regularly been associated with romantic notions of freedom, exploration, and possibility. Focusing on a broad range of movement in the nineteenth century, this groundbreaking book challenges this conventional view, demonstrating the complexity of the politics of mobility in American culture.
In America, travel has regularly been associated with romantic notions of freedom, exploration, and possibility. Focusing on a broad range of movement in the nineteenth century, this groundbreaking book challenges this conventional view, demonstrating the complexity of the politics of mobility in American culture.