William B. Allen

Rethinking Uncle Tom

The Political Thought of Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Rethinking Uncle Tom thoroughly explains Uncle Tom's Cabin as an articulation of the conditions of democratic life and the nature of modern humanism. The most mature elements of Stowe's political thought emerge from a close reading of Sunny Memories and of Oldtown Folks. This book develops familiarity with the moral discourse of abolition and nineteenth-century reformism, and it offers a glimpse of an America envisioned as producing a nobility of soul represented in the human model of surpassing excellence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 779g
• ISBN-13: 9780739127995
• ISBN-10: 0739127993
• Artikelnr.: 26010287

Autorenporträt

W. B. Allen is emeritus professor of political science at Michigan State University and author of George Washington: America's First Progressive andThe Personal and the Political: Three Fables by Montesquieu. An Introduction to Political Philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Part 2 Book I. The Ghostly Cry:Uncle Tom's Cabin Part 3
Part I Chapter 4 Chapter 1. The Question of Equality Chapter 5 Chapter 2.
The Real Alternatives Chapter 6 Chapter 3. Standards of Humanity Chapter 7
Chapter 4. Stowe's Own Introductions Chapter 8 Chapter 5. A Little Wine and
Brandy: The Narrative Begins Chapter 9 Chapter 6. Patriarchy, Matriarchy,
and other Myths of Slavery Chapter 10 Chapter 7. The Birth of Uncle Tom
Chapter 11 Chapter 8. The Kinesis of Slavery and the Science of Natures
Chapter 12 Chapter 9. "What Country Have I?" Chapter 13 Chapter 10. We Have
No City Chapter 14 Chapter 11. The Light of the Present Chapter 15 Chapter
12. Myth Making and the End Chapter 16 Chapter 13. An Unaccountable
Prejudice Chapter 17 Chapter 14. Triumph Part 18 Part II Chapter 19 Chapter
15. The Genealogy of Uncle Tom Chapter 20 Chapter 16. Calvin's Ideas
Chapter 21 Chapter 17. The Central Problem: Slavery Chapter 22 Chapter 18.
The General Significance of Uncle Tom's Cabin Part 23 Book II. Non-utopian
Optimism: Harriet Stowe'sEvangelical Liberalism Part 24 Part I Chapter 25
Chapter 19. An American Campaign Abroad Chapter 26 Chapter 20. A Cause
Célèbre Chapter 27 Chapter 21. Seasickness; or, The Way Things Really Look
Chapter 28 Chapter 22. The Scotland Campaign: A Beginning and End of
Liberal History Chapter 29 Chapter 23. The Practical Politics of the Matter
Chapter 30 Chapter 24. The Defense of Melodrama Chapter 31 Chapter 25.
Pre-utopian Reflections Part 32 Part II Chapter 33 Chapter 26. Anutopia
Chapter 34 Chapter 27. Coda-Was Harriet Stowe a Racist Chapter 35 Chapter
28. Postscript