Traveling south : travel narratives and the construction of American identity / John D. Cox.

Author/creator Cox, John D.
Format Book
Publication InfoAthens : University of Georgia Press, ©2005.
Description252 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
National characteristics, American--History. --Sources.
Travelers' writings, American.
Travel in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
American literature--1783-1850. --History and criticism.
American literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
United States--Description and travel. --Sources.
Southern States--Description and travel. --Sources.
United States--Civilization. --1783-1865. --Sources.
Southern States--In literature.

Contents Representing America : the American as traveler in the work of J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur and William Bartram -- Moving slaves : Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, and the politics of travel in antebellum America -- Domestic travel : the narratives of Fanny Kemble and Harriet Jacobs -- Yeomen all : Frederick Law Olmsted and the consolidation of the American economy and culture -- Tourists with guns (and pens) : Union soldiers and the Civil War South.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [199]-241) and index.
LCCN 2005008515
ISBN0820327654 (hardcover : alk. paper)