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Author Germana, Michael, 1971-

Title Standards of value [electronic resource] : money, race, and literature in America / by Michael Germana.

Imprint Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2009.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 190 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-184) and index.
Contents Jacksonian abolitionism: money, minstrelsy, and "Uncle Tom's cabin" -- Real change: George Washington Cable's "The grandissimes" and the crime of '73 -- The gold standard of the passing novel: exploring the limits of strategic essentialism -- Black is-- an' Black ain't: "Invisible man" and the fiat of race.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Money in literature.
Race in literature.
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781587298189 (hbk. :alk. paper)
158729818X (hbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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