The magnificent activist
Subtitle: the writings of Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911)
By: edited by Howard N. Meyer.
Contributors: Meyer, Howard N.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: [Cambridge, Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 618
Subjects: Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911 -- Political and social views; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 19th century; Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 19th century; American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American; United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918
Description: "Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a minister, was also a groundbreaking activist at the forefront of the social movements reshaping nineteenth-century society. At the same time he was a leading literary presence whose writings ranged from passionate polemics to sensitive studies of the natural world - and spoke to readers both in his time and in ours."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 587-590) and index.