Never one nation
Subtitle: freaks, savages, and whiteness in U.S. popular culture, 1850-1877
By: Linda Frost.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Racism in popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Whites -- Race identity -- United States; African Americans in popular culture -- History -- 19th century; Indians in popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Freak shows -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Description: In 'Never One Nation', Linda Frost argues that during the eventful decades surrounding the Civil War, American identity was constructed not only nationally but also locally.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : blinding whiteness and "the wonder of America"; title: Roving savages, regionalized Americanness, and the 1862 Dakota Wars; title: Emancipation anxiety and the New York City draft riots; title: The white gaze and the spectacle of slavery; title: A peculiar identity in the Confederate Southern Illustrated News; title: The yankee, the stump, and the creation of a confederate imaginary; title: What the railroad brought : the heathen chinee and a nation in the West; title: The woman question, coast to coast; title: Conclusion : consumption, community, and the correspondence column.