Bonds of citizenship : law and the labors of emancipation / Hoang Gia Phan.
2013
KF482 .P48 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
Bonds of citizenship : law and the labors of emancipation / Hoang Gia Phan.
Imprint
New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Description
x, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
America and the long 19th century.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-247) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF482 .P48 2013
Language
English
ISBN
9780814738474 cloth
0814738478 cloth
9780814771709 paperback
081477170X paperback
9780814738931 ebook
0814738931 ebook
9780814771921 ebook
0814771920 ebook
0814738478 cloth
9780814771709 paperback
081477170X paperback
9780814738931 ebook
0814738931 ebook
9780814771921 ebook
0814771920 ebook
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