Tribunal - Responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid

Informationen zum Autor John Stauffer is Professor of English, of American Studies, and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University. He is the author of Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln . Zoe Trodd is Professor of American Literature at the University of Nottingham. Klappentext This landmark anthology collects speeches! letters! newspapers! journals! poems! and songs to demonstrate that John Brown's actions at Harpers Ferry altered the course of history. Without Brown! the Civil War probably would have been delayed by four years and emancipation movements in Brazil! Cuba! even Russia might have been disrupted. Zusammenfassung This landmark anthology collects speeches, letters, newspapers, journals, poems, and songs to demonstrate that John Brown’s actions at Harpers Ferry altered the course of history. Without Brown, the Civil War probably would have been delayed by four years and emancipation movements in Brazil, Cuba, even Russia might have been disrupted.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Trodd Stauffer
• Con la collaborazione di: John Stauffer (Editore), Stauffer John (Editore), Zoe Trodd (Editore), Trodd Zoe (Editore)
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2012
• EAN: 9780674048850
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04885-0
• Pagine: 640
• Serie: The John Harvard Library
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Historiography, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Historiography, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas