| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 313 pages :) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Early America: history, context, culture
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-296) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Slave-trade abolition: pageantry, parody, and the goddess of liberty (1800s- 1820s) -- Celebrating Columbia, mother of the white republic -- Abolitionist britannia and the blackface supplicant slave -- Spreading liberty to Africa -- Part 2. Introduction: emancipation and political reform: burlesque, picaresque, and the great experiment (1820s-1830s) -- Blackface freedom: life in London, life in Philadelphia -- Transatlantic travelers, slavery, and Charles Mathew's "Black fun" -- Part 3. Introduction: Radical abolitionism, revolt, & revolution: Spartacus and the blackface minstrel (1830s-1850s) -- Spartacus, Jim Crow, and the Black jokes of revolt -- Revolutionary brotherhood: Black Spartacus, Black hercules, and the wage slave -- Conclusion: Uncle Tom, the eighteenth-century revolutionary legacy, and historical memory. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.
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Theater. |
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England -- London. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Theater -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century.
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Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Theater -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century.
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Slave trade in the theater.
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Slave trade in the theater. |
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Race in the theater.
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Race in the theater. |
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London (England) -- Social life and customs.
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Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs.
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781421413389 1421413388 (DLC) 2013033294 |
| ISBN |
9781421413389 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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1421413388 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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9781421413396 (electronic) |
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1421413396 (electronic) |
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