Germana, Michael, 1971-

Standards of value money, race, and literature in America / [electronic resource] : by Michael Germana. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2009. - x, 190 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-184) and index.

Jacksonian abolitionism: money, minstrelsy, and "Uncle Tom's cabin" -- Real change: George Washington Cable's "The grandissimes" and the crime of '73 -- The gold standard of the passing novel: exploring the limits of strategic essentialism -- Black is-- an' Black ain't: "Invisible man" and the fiat of race.


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9781587298189 (hbk. :alk. paper) 158729818X (hbk. : alk. paper)




American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Money in literature.
Race in literature.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century


Electronic books.

PS374.M54 / G47 2009eb

813/.009/355