Mightier Than the Sword Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America

Name: Mightier Than the Sword Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America
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ISBN: 9780393342352

ISBN-10: 0393342352

ISBN-13: 9780393342352

Edition: 2012

Authors: David Reynolds

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In this wide-ranging, brilliantly researched work, David S. Reynolds traces the factors that made Uncle Tom’s Cabin the most influential novel ever written by an American. Upon its 1852 publication, the novel’s vivid depiction of slavery polarized its American readership, ultimately widening the rift that led to the Civil War. Reynolds also charts the novel’s afterlife—including its adaptation into plays, films, and consumer goods—revealing its lasting impact on American entertainment, advertising, and race relations.A splendid and subtle history.—Fergus M. Bordewich, Wall Street JournalConsistently enlightening. . . . Mightier than the Sword deftly explores the social-intellectual context…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/11/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.30" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction



The Gospel According to Stowe



Taming Cultural Beasts



Antislavery Passion



Igniting the War



Tom Everywhere



Tom in Modern Times


Abbreviations


Notes


Acknowledgments


Illustration Credits


Index