The practice of citizenship : Black politics and print culture in the early United States / Derrick R. Spires.
'The Practice of Citizenship' traces the parallel development of early black print culture and legal and cultural understandings of U.S. citizenship. Considering a variety of texts by both canonical and lesser-known authors, Derrick R. Spires demonstrates how black writers articulated an expansive,...
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Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2019]
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Physical Description: | 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Variant Title: |
Black politics and print culture in the early United States |
Format: | Book |
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'The Practice of Citizenship' traces the parallel development of early black print culture and legal and cultural understandings of U.S. citizenship. Considering a variety of texts by both canonical and lesser-known authors, Derrick R. Spires demonstrates how black writers articulated an expansive, practice-based theory of citizenship. |
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Call Number: | E185.18 .S65 2019 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 309-331) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780812250800 081225080X |