Title Traveling south : travel narratives and the construction of American identity / John D. Cox

Published Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (252 pages) Contents Representing America : the American as traveler in the work of J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur and William Bartram -- Moving slaves : Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, and the politics of travel in antebellum America -- Domestic travel : the narratives of Fanny Kemble and Harriet Jacobs -- Yeomen all : Frederick Law Olmsted and the consolidation of the American economy and culture -- Tourists with guns (and pens) : Union soldiers and the Civil War South Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-241) and index Notes English Print version record Subject National characteristics, American. Travelers' writings, American. Travel in literature. National characteristics, American, in literature. American literature -- 1783-1850 -- History and criticism American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism TRAVEL -- General. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American literature Civilization Literature National characteristics, American National characteristics, American, in literature Travel Travel in literature Travelers' writings, American Reisbeschrijvingen. Herinneringen. Reisverhalen. Nationale identiteit. SUBJECT United States -- Description and travel -- Sources Southern States -- Description and travel -- Sources United States -- Civilization -- 1783-1865 -- Sources Southern States -- In literature Subject Southern States United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Sources Form Electronic book ISBN 9780820330860 0820330868 9786612726118 6612726113

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