The unvarnished truth personal narratives in nineteenth-century America
"The practice of selling one's tale of woe to make a buck has long been a part of American culture. The Unvarnished Truth: Personal Narratives in Nineteenth-Century America is a powerful cultural history of how ordinary Americans crafted and sold their stories of hardship and calamity duri...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
2000.
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Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32067884*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Beggars
- Convicts
- Slaves
- Prisoners of war
- Epilogue: lovers, farm wives, and tramps.