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Heneghan, Bridget T.
Whitewashing America : material culture and race in the antebellum imagination / Bridget T. Heneghan.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-57806-585-2 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. American fiction—19th century—History and criticism. 2. Race in literature. 3. American literature—White authors—History and criticism. 4. Material culture—United States—History—19th century. 5. Human skin color in literature. 6. Material culture in literature. 7. Segregation in literature. 8. Slavery in literature. 9. Racism in literature. 10. White in literature. I. Title.
PS374.R32H465 2003
813.009′355—dc21
2003002247
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