| Description |
x, 453 pages ; 24 cm. |
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| Series |
New Americanists |
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New Americanists.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-444) and index. |
| Contents |
The Indian question. The church in the wilderness -- Willie Wharton -- An appeal for the Indians -- Children's literature and domestic advice. Louisa Preston -- Extracts from Management during the teens -- Letter from an old woman, on her birthday -- Education of children -- Slavery, race, and Reconstruction. Jumbo and Zairee -- Prejudices against people of color, and our duties in relation to this subject -- The black Saxons -- To abolitionists -- Annette Gray -- Letters from New-York, number 12 -- The iron shroud -- Talk about political party -- Letters from New-York, number 33 -- Slavery's pleasant homes : a faithful sketch -- Reply of Mrs. Child [to Mrs. Mason] -- Mrs. L. Maria Child to the President of the United States -- Emancipation and amalgamation -- A tribute to Col. Robert G. Shaw -- Advice from an old friend -- Through the Red Sea into the wilderness -- Homesteads -- William Lloyd Garrison -- Journalism and social critique. Letters from New York, number 1 -- Letters from New York, number 11 -- Letters from New York, number 14 -- Letters from New York, number 29 -- A high-flying letter -- Sexuality and the woman question. Extracts from African women -- Speaking in the church -- Letters from New York, number 34 -- Uncollected letter from New-York -- Hilda Silfverling : a fantasy -- Woman and suffrage -- Extracts fom Concerning women -- Women and the freedmen -- The intermingling of religions. |
| Summary |
This rich collection is the first to represent the full range of Child's contributions as a literary innovator, social reformer, and progressive thinker over a career spanning six decades. |
| Subject |
United States -- Social conditions -- Literary collections.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918.
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United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865.
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Social problems -- Literary collections.
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Social conditions (OCoLC)fst01919811
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Social problems. (OCoLC)fst01122778
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
To 1918
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| Genre/Form |
Literature. (OCoLC)fst01921716
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Literary collections. (OCoLC)fst01423811
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Literature.
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| Added Author |
Karcher, Carolyn L., 1945-
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| ISBN |
0822319543 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780822319542 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0822319497 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780822319498 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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